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Excerpt from La Duplication du Cube, la Trisection de l'Angle, Et l'Inscription de l'Heptagone Regulier dans le Cercle
Celuy qui alla le plus auant fut Hippocrates le Mathemati - cien, qui découvrit que - le cofié d'vn Cube double d'vn autre, efioit la premiere ou moindre de deux lignes conrinuellcmenr preportiondles entre deux lignes extremes, dont la derniere elt double de la premiere égale a la Racine du collé du Cube don - né à doubler Mais la difficulté demeura à trouver les deux Moyennes Pr0p0rti0ne¿es dans la Précifion Geometrique.
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