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... circle : — read circle , previously discovered by James Gregory : — Page 226 , line 5 . For Thomas Craige read John Craig . Page 233 , line 6 . Page 241 , line 19 . For 1725 read 1726 . Page 285 , line 3 . Page 308 , line 3 . Page 330 ...
... circle : — read circle , previously discovered by James Gregory : — Page 226 , line 5 . For Thomas Craige read John Craig . Page 233 , line 6 . Page 241 , line 19 . For 1725 read 1726 . Page 285 , line 3 . Page 308 , line 3 . Page 330 ...
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... circle , yet no conquest has been made by direct assault . The circle - squarers have existed in crowds ever since the period of Archimedes . After innumerable fail- ures to solve the problem at a time , even , when investigators ...
... circle , yet no conquest has been made by direct assault . The circle - squarers have existed in crowds ever since the period of Archimedes . After innumerable fail- ures to solve the problem at a time , even , when investigators ...
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... circle - squarers have , for two thousand years , been assaulting a fortification which is as indestructible as the firmament of heaven . Another reason for the desirability of historical study is the value of historical knowledge to ...
... circle - squarers have , for two thousand years , been assaulting a fortification which is as indestructible as the firmament of heaven . Another reason for the desirability of historical study is the value of historical knowledge to ...
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... circle into 360 degrees , each degree representing the daily amount of the supposed yearly revolution of the sun around the earth . Now they were , very probably , familiar with the fact that the radius can be applied to its ...
... circle into 360 degrees , each degree representing the daily amount of the supposed yearly revolution of the sun around the earth . Now they were , very probably , familiar with the fact that the radius can be applied to its ...
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... circle is found by deducting from the diameter of its length and squaring the remainder . Here is taken ( 1 ) 3.1604 , a very fair approximation . The papyrus explains also such problems as these , To mark out in the field a right ...
... circle is found by deducting from the diameter of its length and squaring the remainder . Here is taken ( 1 ) 3.1604 , a very fair approximation . The papyrus explains also such problems as these , To mark out in the field a right ...
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Page 202 - I was so persecuted with discussions arising out of my theory of light, that I blamed my own imprudence for parting with so substantial a blessing as my quiet, to run after a shadow.
Page 298 - THEOREM If a straight line falling on two other straight lines, make the alternate angles equal to one another, the two straight lines shall be parallel to one another.
Page 21 - The formula states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the base and altitude.