Ferdinand Ernst Karl Herberstein



Ferdinand Ernst Karl count of Herberstein (died 1720) was a German mathematician and a military officer.

Life
Son of Karl Sigmund, he lived in Bohemia. He wrote several books about mathematics and geometry. Some of the books are signed using the pseudonym of "Amari de Lapide".

Works

 * Norma et regula statica intersectione circulorum desumta, Praga 1686
 * Mathemata adversu umbratiles Petri Poireti impetus propugnata, Praga, 1709
 * Diatome circulorum seu specimen geometricum, Praga, 1710
 * Erotema politico-philologicum an studium Geometriae rempublicam administranti obstaculo sit an adminiculo?, Praga, 1712
 * (Amari de Lapide) De machinis pro rei tormentariae incremento etc. tractandis
 * (Amari de Lapide) Artis technicae via plana et facilis, Stettino 1736
 * (Amari de Lapide) Artis technicae via plana et facilis, Stettino 1736