The Diameter Of The Earth Is Greater

Rise Above Oneself And Grasp The World.

There Are Things Which Seem Incredible To Most Men Who Have Not Studied Mathematics.

Equal Weights At Equal Distances Are In Equilibrium And Equal Weights At Unequal Distances Are Not In Equilibrium But Incline Towards The Weight Which Is At The Greater Distance.

Having Been The Discoverer Of Many Splendid Things, He Is Said To Have Asked His Friends And Relations That, After His Death, They Should Place On His Tomb A Cylinder Enclosing A Sphere, Writing On It The Proportion Of The Containing Solid To That Which Is Contained.

How Many Theorems In Geometry Which Have Seemed At First Impracticable Are In Time Successfully Worked Out!