'COMMENT' Section 3.3.2,
KONTUR UND GESTALT.
Figure 52 as a model case:
inner and outer field, split
by a contour. No program
in the book.

'COMMENT' Reconstruction:
random chords in a rectangle,
then denser chords in an
ellipse (introduction: ellipse
and St Andrew’s cross).

for (i = 0; i < NAUS; i++) {
  LEER(J1(-XA, XA), J2(-YA, YA));
  LINE(J1(-XA, XA), J2(-YA, YA));
}
for (i = 0; i < NIN; i++) {
  // points inside ellipse RX, RY
  LEER(x, y); LINE(x, y);
}

Approximate rendering · no listing. Section 3.3.2: figure 52 splits the field into a passive ground and an active figure. The introduction names an ellipse with a St Andrew’s cross on this plate — endogenous macro-innovation. Reconstruction: chords in the rectangle ±130/±90, then denser chords in an inner ellipse. Historical generator, JS1 and JS2 from p. 122. Sheet 90°. Last figure of the dissertation.

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