Chapter I. The Life of Archimedes

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Preface 7
4. Chapter I. The Life of Archimedes 9
5. Chapter II. The Works of Archimedes. Manuscripts and Edition 33
6. Chapter III. The Elements of the Work of Archimedes 49
7. Chapter IV. On the Sphere and Cylinder. Book 1 141
8. Chapter V. On the Sphere and Cylinder. Book II 188
9. Chapter VI. Measurement of a Circle 222
10. Chapter VII. On Conoids and Spheroids 240
11. Chapter VIII. On Spirals 264
12. Chapter IX. On the Equilibrium of Planes or Centres of Gravity of Planes. Book I 286
13. Chapter X. The Method of Mechanical Theorems 313
14. Chapter XI. Quadrature of the Parabola 336
15. Chapter XII. On the Equilibrium of Planes. Book II 346
16. Chapter XIII. The Sand-Reckoner 360
17. Chapter XIV. Floating Bodies 373
18. Chapter XV. Miscellaneous 398
19. Bibliography 417
20. Archimedes after Dijksterhuis: A Guide to Recent Studies 419
21. Index of Names 452
22. Errata 456