Reading the Lost Folia of the Archimedean Palimpsest: The Last Proposition of the Method

Ken Saito and Pier Daniele Napolitani

A chapter in From Alexandria, Through Baghdad, 2014, pp 199-225 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We examine the determination of the volume of solids by means of a virtual balance, in Archimedes’ Method a work preserved only in the Archimedes palimpsest. We concentrate on the intersection of two cylinders, whose volume is correctly stated in the preface, although the folia containing the proof are lost.

Keywords: Triangular Prism; Base Circle; Spiral Line; Triangular Section; Virtual Balance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-36736-6_10

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783642367366

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36736-6_10

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Springer Books from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().