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Mathematical Treasures

by Frank J. Swetz and Victor J. Katz

Christiaan Huygens' De Circuli Magnitudine Inventa

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This is first page of De Circuli Magnitudine Inventa (On Finding the Magnitude of the Circle) (1654)by Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695).  In this work, Huygens considered various ways to determine the accurate measurement of a circle.


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