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Quotation from The Method (Geometrical Solutions Derived from Mechanics) by Archimedes
“no little credit is due to Democritos who was the first to make that statement about these bodies without any demonstration.”
The Method (Geometrical Solutions Derived from Mechanics), Letter to Eratosthenes, trans. Lydia G. Robinson
On the cone and pyramid, whose volumes Eudoxus first proved but Democritus first stated.
Citation: "no little credit is due to Democritos who was the first to make that statement about these bodies without any demonstration." — Archimedes, The Method (Geometrical Solutions Derived from Mechanics), Letter to Eratosthenes, trans. Lydia G. Robinson. (id archimedes-the-method-q3)
Portrait: Domenico-Fetti Archimedes 1620, Domenico Fetti, Public domain.
