The Works of ArchimedesIntroduction: I. Archimedes. II. Manuscripts and principal editions, order of composition, dialect, lost works. III. Relation of Archimedes to his predecessors. IV. Arithmetic in Archimedes. V. On the problems known as [neuseis] VI. Cubic equations. VII. Anticipations by Archimedes of the integral calculus. VIII. The terminology of Archimedes -- Works: On the sphere and cylinder, books I-II. Measurement of a circle. On conoids and spheroids. On spirals. On the equilibrium of planes, books I-II. The sand-reckoner. Quadrature of the parabola. On floating bodies, books I-II. Book of lemmas. The cattle-problem [including the solution of Wurm's problem by Amthor in Zeitschrift für math. u. phys. [Hist. litt. abth.] v. 25, 1880]. |
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A₁ AM² An² Apollonius Apollonius of Perga Archimedes axis bisecting centre of gravity chord circle circumference circumscribed figure cone conic sections conics conoid Conoids and Spheroids cubic equation cylinder or frustum described diameter draw drawn ellipse Euclid Eutocius fluid follows frustum geometrical given ratio greater Greek Heiberg Hence Hultsch hyperbola hyperboloid inscribed figure intersection Join lemma less magnitude meet method middle point Pappus parabola parabolic segment paraboloid parallel parallelogram perpendicular plane Plutarch polygon problem produced proof Prop proposition proved pyramid radius rectangle respectively revolution rhombus right angles sector segment ABB segmt semicircle side similar solid solution Sphere and Cylinder spheroid spiral square straight line Suppose surface tangent term theorems trapezium triangle vertex whence ἀπὸ δὲ ἐν ἐπὶ καὶ περὶ τὰ τᾶς τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῦ τῷ τῶν
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