proportional
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“If you get those proportionals wrong, you are a laughing stock to anyone who really understands classical architecture,” said Blain.
From Forbes • Jul. 27, 2015
The finding two geometrical mean proportionals, or doubling the cube geometrically.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene
He was a pupil of Sporus, who worked on the problem of the two mean proportionals.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene
Book II begins with the problem of finding a sphere equal in volume to a given cone or cylinder; this requires the solution of the problem of the two mean proportionals, which is accordingly assumed.
From Archimedes Men of Science by Heath, Thomas Little
The theory of the regular solids was taught in his school, and his disciple, Archytas, was the author of a solution of the problem of two mean proportionals.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John
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