A book published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge in 1920, about Archimedes and his input into the development of science. Chapters include: Greek Geometry to Archimedes, The Works of Archimedes, Geometry in Archimedes, The Sandreckoner, Mechanics, and Hydrostatics.

PIONEERS OF PROGRESS

MEN OF SCIENCE

Edited by S. CHAPMAN, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.

ARCHIMEDES

BY

Sir THOMAS HEATH
K.C.B., K.C.V.O., F.R.S.; Sc.D., Camb.
Hon. D.Sc., Oxford

Δός μοι ποῦ στῶ, καὶ κινῶ τὴν γῆν

LONDON:
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING
CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO.
1920

CONTENTS.

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