 | 1824 - 706 страница
...concentration and abstraction of mind with which he pursued whatever problem was proposed to him. King Hiero, or his son Gelon, it seems, had given out a...King, either to disprove or to verify the allegation. The great problem, of course, was to ascertain the precise bulk of the crown in its existing form ;... | |
 | Worthy Putnam - 1858 - 420 страница
...concentration and abstraction of mind, with which he pursued whatever problem was proposed to him. 2. King Hiero, or his son Gelon, it seems, had given out a...king, either to disprove or to verify the allegation. The great problem, of course, was to ascertain the precise bulk of the crown in its existing form ;... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1859 - 450 страница
...concentration and abstraction of mind, with which he pursued whatevei problem" was proposed to him. 2. King Hiero, or his son Gelon, it seems, had given out a...king, either to disprove or to verify the allegation. The great probJem, of course, was to ascertain the precise bulk of the crown in its existing form ;... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 страница
...permission, I will read. The article is entitled ARCHIMEDES AND THE CROWN. "King Hiero of Syracuse, or his son Gelon, it seems, had given out a certain...king either to disprove or to verify the allegation. The great problem, of course, was to ascertain the precise bulk of the crown in its existing form ;... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1862 - 558 страница
...entitled ARCHIMEDES AND THE CROWN. "King Hiero of Syracuse, or his son Gelon, it seems, had given ont a certain amount of gold to be made into a crown,...king either to disprove or to verify the allegation. The great problem, of course, was to ascertain the precise bulb of the crown in its existing form ;... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 страница
...concentration and abstraction of mind with which he pursued whatever problem21 was proposed to him. 2. King Hiero, or his son Ge'lon,* it seems, had given out...king, either to disprove or to verify the allegation. The great problem, of course, was to ascertain the precise bulk of the crown in its existing form ;... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1867 - 748 страница
...out a certain amount of gold to be made into a crown, and the workman to whom it had been entrusted, had at last brought back a crown of corresponding...King, either to disprove or to verify the allegation. The great problem, of course, was to ascertain the precise bulk of the crown in its existing form ;... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1867 - 766 страница
...concentration and abstraction of mind with which he pursued whatever problem was proposed to him. King Hiero, or his son Gelon, it seems, had given out a...into a crown, and the workman to whom it had been entrusted, had at last brought back a crown of corresponding weight. But a suspicion arose that it... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1876 - 214 страница
...concentration and abstraction of mind with which he pursued whatever problem was proposed to him. King Hiero, or his son Gelon, it seems, had given out a...into a crown, and the workman to whom it had been entrusted, had at last brought back a crown of corresponding weight. But a suspicion arose that it... | |
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... had at last brought back a crown of corresponding weight. But a suspicion arose that it had been alloyed with silver, and Archimedes was applied to by the King, either to disprove or to verify the allegation. The great problem, of course, was to ascertain... 