 | Charles James - 1805 - 1236 pages
...the first ratio of 3 ' to I, reduced to whole numbers, gives that of 22 to 7, for 3| : 1 : : 83 : T, which therefore will be nearly the ratio of the circumference...this ratio of the circumference to the diameter he com* puted the approximate area of the circle, and found it to be to the square of the diameter as... | |
 | William Duane - 1810 - 774 pages
...the first ratio of 3 1-7 to i, reduced to whole numbers, gives that of 22107, f°r 3 '-T» : : iz : 7, which therefore will be nearly the ratio of the...computed the approximate area of the circle, and found ir to be to the square of the diameter as u to 14. He likewise determined the relation between the... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 432 pages
...to 1, reduced to whole num. bers, gives that of 22 to 7, for 3^. : 1 : : 22 : 7 ; which therefore is nearly the ratio of the circumference to the diameter. From this ratio between the circumference and the diameter, Archimedes, computed the approximate area of the circle,... | |
 | John Platts - 1825 - 1006 pages
...84 to 1, reduced to whole numbers, gives that of 22 to 7, for 3} : 1 : : 22 : 7, which therefore is nearly the ratio of the circumference to the diameter. From this ratio between the circumference and the diameter, Archimedes computed the approximate area of the circle,... | |
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T, which therefore will be nearly the ratio of the circumference to the diameter. From this ratio of the circumference to the diameter he... 