Archimedes
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Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek, c. 287 BC - c. 212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer,
inventor, andastronomer. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists
in classical antiquity. Among his advances in physics are the foundations of hydrostatics, statics and
an explanation of the principle of the lever. He is credited with designing innovative machines, including siege
engines and the screw pump that bears his name. Modern experiments have tested claims that Archimedes designe
d machines capable of lifting attacking ships out of the water and setting ships on fire using an array of
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| A documentary film about a battered Archimedes manuscript |
| Video... | The Archimedes Palimpsest The Archimedes Palimpsest is a 10th Century medieval manuscript that is the subject of an ongoing technical, scientific and conservation effort at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 1999, the multidisciplinary team has been disbinding, conserving, imaging, analyzing, ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=gME6fsCvonU |
| Video | Infinite Possibilities Following up on the March 7, 2006, Google TechTalk on the Archimedes Palimpsest, this presentation will discuss the challenges faced in hosting the digital multispectral images, metadata and encoded transcriptions on the Web. ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3fZdIw-s-E |
| Book.... | The Works of Archimedes Introduction: I. Archimedes. II. Manuscripts and principal editions, order of composition, dialect, lost works. III. Relation of Archimedes to his predecessors. IV. Arithmetic in Archimedes. ... Works: On the sphere and cylinder, books I-II. Measurement of a circle. On conoids and spheroids. On spirals. ... www.archive.org/details/worksofarchimede00arch |
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| Book | Geometrical solutions derived from mechanics, a treatise of Archimedes, recently discovered and tr. from the Greek www.archive.org/details/117719329 |