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... wrote also on higher geometry and the other mathematical subjects known in his day - the Conics , the so - called Porisms , and the Surface Loci belong to the first class ; these are all lost , but we can judge of their contents by the ...
... wrote also on higher geometry and the other mathematical subjects known in his day - the Conics , the so - called Porisms , and the Surface Loci belong to the first class ; these are all lost , but we can judge of their contents by the ...
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... wrote the first scientific treatise on mechanics ( or rather statics ) under the name of Plane Equilibriums ; in ... wrote works in higher geometry ; these are mostly lost , but we can gather some idea of their contents from descriptions ...
... wrote the first scientific treatise on mechanics ( or rather statics ) under the name of Plane Equilibriums ; in ... wrote works in higher geometry ; these are mostly lost , but we can gather some idea of their contents from descriptions ...
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... wrote , besides a commentary on Euclid , books dealing with the mensuration of plane and solid figures . How much of those which have come down to us under his name are really Heron's is uncertain ; the most authentic is no doubt the ...
... wrote , besides a commentary on Euclid , books dealing with the mensuration of plane and solid figures . How much of those which have come down to us under his name are really Heron's is uncertain ; the most authentic is no doubt the ...
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