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Show Biaarlaff lh Clrrla. Tho origin of tlio pmhlem nqunrlng tho clrclo in nlmobt lost In tho inUts of antiquity, hut Ihero l n rvuoril of im attoiiiptnl iiuodraluro In Iryid WH) earsUforo tho cjoiIuh of tlio Jews. Tliero la nlao a claim, accord ing to Hone, that tho problem an BoHodbyn discovery "f lllplcrntei, tho geometrician of Cliliw not tho physIcian-500 I) C Now, tho if forts of Hippocxafcn wiro dorotod to- an converting a clrclo into n crescent, cres-cent, liccauso ho bail found that tho nna of n flguru produced by draw ing tnorpondlcularrndii Innclnlols exactly equal to tlio trlangln fonned by tho lino of junction. This is Uia famous theorem of tho "lunos ol HlppocrntoH," nnd is, lllo glauber's Kilts out of tlio philosopher's slouc, an oviunplo of tho useful nwilts nhlcli Homotlinni follow a tenrch for tho iiunttnlnablo. All tho World ltound. |
