On the Method of Mechanical Problems
(c. 250?-212 BC)
Author: Archimedes
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Etexts:
- Index page for PDF files (unsure; may be around page C) at the University of Michigan Historical Math Collection (Translated by Sir Thomas Heath)
- Multi-Format (PDF, TeX) of "Geometrical Solutions Derived from Mechanics" at Project Gutenberg (Translated by Dr. J.L. Heiberg and Lydia Robinson)
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- Paperback edition of The Works of Archimedes, includes all of Archimedes' known works, translated by Sir Thomas Heath (Dover Pubns, 2002, 564 pg).
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