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Gaius Plinius Secundus, Historia Naturalis (77)

Gaius Plinius Secundus, Historia Naturalis (77)

Source: ia700302.us.archive.org/29/items/plinysnaturalhis00plinrich/plinysnaturalhis00plinrich.pdf CHAPTER I. Whether the World be finite, and but one. THE World 1 , and that which, by another Name. Men have thought Good to call …

 

Euclid’s Elements (300BC)

Euclid’s Elements (300BC)

Source: aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/bookVII/bookVII.html#guide   ELEMENTS BOOK 1: Fundamentals of Plane Geometry Involving Straight-Lines Definitions A point is that which has no part. A line is breadthless length. The ends of a line are points. A straight …