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20 Apr 2024 03:02:53 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Request: HIGH resolution stl conversion to mesh / mesh2  
From: Bald Eagle
Date: 13 Mar 2023 15:05:00
Message: <web.640f72d69ce67fcf1f9dae3025979125@news.povray.org>
Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:

> That is a *very* good comment Bill. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks - it's always hard to know where these things will lead, and hopefully
there are a lot more interesting and educational discoveries to be made.


> I don't know if you know the archaeological work at the Apollo Temple in
> Dydima, Turkey. Scratched on the inner walls of the sanctuary are the
> faint outlines of the construction plans made by the architects, and
> they did use geometry pretty close to what you describe. The same for
> the columns (some very subtle design indeed!) etc.

Looks like the big article I'd like to lay my hands on is

Lothar Haselberger
Scientific American
Vol. 253, No. 6 (December 1985), pp. 126-133 (10 pages)

It's on JSTOR is anyone has access.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/24967878


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