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Fausto Veranzio's parachute[edit]

Why is there a section explaining at some length that "Mathematical Magick does not in any way refer to Fausto Veranzio"? Deltahedron (talk) 17:58, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The second paragraph of that section should answer your question. --AHert (talk) 09:07, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
No, it doesn't. If there's a reliable source stating that "A number of publications claim that Mathematical Magick documents the alleged parachute descent of Fausto Veranzio (1551–1617), but no such claim is made in the book" then we could perhaps include one sentence. But a section at this length, detailing the Veranzio material which isn't in the book, is quite undue. Deltahedron (talk) 19:22, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I wonder wether you really read the paragraph, where a number of sources for this claim are quoted. But how can you expect a reliable source for an urban legend? I would assume the number of references to the Mathematical Magick in these parachutist urban legend publications by far outnumbers references to it in the academic world. You can't stop an urban legend by withdrawing to highest academic standards - and I can't see an issue of NPOV or UNDUE. I put the paragraph back. --AHert (talk) 19:13, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling[edit]

The spelling seems to have changed after the first edition from "Mathematicall Magick" (two L's) to "Mathematical Magick". I don't have a real source, just the listings on places like Amazon and Google books. Kendall-K1 (talk) 16:53, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is correct. I just had an access to EEBO. --AHert (talk) 20:22, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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