 | Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 588
...mathematics to mechanics with great success. He was drowned on a voyage in the Hadriatic. assigned greater than that of the grains of sand, which would fill the sphere of the fixed stars.] 3. Parva. ..muñera. The want of a trifling gift of a little sand. The Greeks believed that the shades... | |
 | Charles Anthon - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 600
...unsuccessful attempts. 1 Compare Ltizroix> Bijf-. CalyVoL i-> TK 63 and 12L 7. The Arenarius (6 ^a^ufr^s) is a short tract, addressed to Gelo, the eldest son...Archimedes proves that it is possible to assign a greater number than that of the grains of sand, which would fill the sphere of the fixed stars. This... | |
 | Charles Anthon - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 610
...unsuccessful attempts. 1 Compare Lacroix, Dif. Cat, vol. i., p. 63 and 431. 7. The Arenarias (á Va^lrris) is a short tract, addressed to Gelo, the eldest son...Archimedes proves that it is possible to assign a greater number than that of the grains of sand, which would fill the sphere of the fixed stars. This... | |
 | Greek and Roman biography - 1861 - عدد الصفحات: 1116
...a short tract addressed to fíelo, the eldest son of Hiero, in which Archimedes proves, that it ie possible to assign a number greater than that of the grains of •and which would till the sphere of the fixed stars. This singular investigation was suggested by... | |
 | William Smith - 1867 - عدد الصفحات: 1113
...along with various others, had died without accomplishing their solution. The Arenarius (6 WauuLTys) is a short tract addressed to Gelo, the eldest son...assign a number greater than that of the grains of sancì which would fill the sphere of the fixed stars. This singular investigation was suggested by... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1873 - عدد الصفحات: 594
...reasoning of Archimedes. One of the most striking proofs of his genius was given by a demonstration, that it is possible to assign a number greater than...which would fill the sphere of the fixed stars. This work,* which he addressed to Gelo, the son of Hiero, in reply to the ignorant assertion of some persons,... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1885 - عدد الصفحات: 602
...reasoning of Archimedes. One of the most striking proofs of his genius was given by a demonstration, that it is possible to assign a number greater than...which would fill the sphere of the fixed stars. This work,* which he addressed to Gelo, the son of Hiero, in reply to the ignorant assertion of some persons,... | |
 | 1897 - عدد الصفحات: 846
...1834). The Areiuirius was translated into English by Q. Anderson (Loud. 1784). Its object is to prove that it is possible to assign a number greater than that of the grains of sand that would fill the sphere of the fixed stars, the diameter of which A. assumes at a certain number... | |
 | Horace - 1897 - عدد الصفحات: 836
...Archimedes ha» left us a work on this subject, entitled é •tafiuiTt/ç (Armariiti), in which he proves that it is possible to assign a number greater than that of tl'.a grains of sand which would fill the sphere of the fixed stars. This singular investigation was... | |
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Va/4*mjs) is a short tract addressed to Gelo, the eldest son of Hiero, in which Archimedes proves, that it is possible to assign a number greater than that of the grains of sand which would fill the sphere of the fixed stars. This singular investigation... 