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Britannica Great Books: Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius, Nicomachus

by Encyclopedia Britannica, Apollonius (Contributor), Archimedes (Contributor), Euclid (Contributor), Nicomachus (Contributor)

Other authors: Robert M Hutchins (Editor)

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ApolloniusContributormain authorall editionsconfirmed
ArchimedesContributormain authorall editionsconfirmed
EuclidContributormain authorall editionsconfirmed
NicomachusContributormain authorall editionsconfirmed
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1. A point is that which has no part.
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This omnibus of mathematical works should not be combined with any of the individual works, which are:
  • The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements, by Euclid
  • On the Sphere and Cylinder, by Archimedes
  • Measurement of a Circle, by Archimedes
  • On Conoids and Spheroids, by Archimedes
  • On Spirals, by Archimedes
  • On the Equilibrium of Planes, by Archimedes
  • The Sand-Reckoner, by Archimedes
  • The Quadrature of the Parabola, by Archimedes
  • On Floating Bodies, by Archimedes
  • Book of Lemmas, by Archimedes
  • The Method Treating of Mechanical Problems, by Archimedes
  • On Conic Sections, by Apollonius of Perga
  • Introduction to Arithmetic, by Nicomachus of Gerasa
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