The Member for Bodmin the Greatest of Mathematicians
Anon
Genre: | Poetry, Drollery |
Subjects: | Mathematics, Display |
Notes the difficulties of getting over the pons asinorum of Euclid (viz., the fifth proposition) and claims that James Wyld has solved the notorious problem of 'squaring the circle' by 'bringing a Globe to a [Leicester] Square'. | |
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