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Pagina 282
... Archimedes might seem , as Wallis said , ' as it were of set purpose to have covered up the traces of his investigations , as if he had grudged posterity the secret of his method of inquiry , while he wished to extort from them assent ...
... Archimedes might seem , as Wallis said , ' as it were of set purpose to have covered up the traces of his investigations , as if he had grudged posterity the secret of his method of inquiry , while he wished to extort from them assent ...
Pagina 284
... Archimedes is not by Archimedes in its present form , since the propositions mention his name several times ; but some of these propositions may easily be of Archimedean origin , notably those about the geometrical figures called ...
... Archimedes is not by Archimedes in its present form , since the propositions mention his name several times ; but some of these propositions may easily be of Archimedean origin , notably those about the geometrical figures called ...
Pagina 285
... Archimedes ' On Equi- libriums and in Heron's Mechanics . Pappus again says that it was proved in Archimedes ' book On balances or levers ( nepi ( vyŵv ) , and in Philon's and Heron's Mechanics , that ' greater circles overpower lesser ...
... Archimedes ' On Equi- libriums and in Heron's Mechanics . Pappus again says that it was proved in Archimedes ' book On balances or levers ( nepi ( vyŵv ) , and in Philon's and Heron's Mechanics , that ' greater circles overpower lesser ...
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