Pappus Alexandrinus, Mathematical Collection, Book 8, 1876

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              λογίων, ὡς Ἥρων ὑδρείοις, ἃ δὴ καὶ τῇ γνωμονικῇ θεωρίᾳ κοι-
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              νωνοῦντα φαίνεται. </s>
              <s id="id.000009">μηχανικοὺς δὲ καλοῦσιν καὶ τοὺς τὰς
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              σφαιροποιί̈ας [ποιεῖν] ἐπισταμένους, ὑφ' ὧν εἰκὼν τοῦ οὐρα-
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              νοῦ κατασκευάζεται δι' ὁμαλῆς καὶ ἐγκυκλίου κινήσεως ὕδατος.
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              <s id="id.000010">Πάντων δὲ τούτων τὴν αἰτίαν καὶ τὸν λόγον ἐπεγνω-
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              κέναι φασίν τινες τὸν Συρακόσιον Ἀρχιμήδη· μόνος γὰρ
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              οὗτος ἐν τῷ καθ' ἡμᾶς βίῳ ποικίλῃ πρὸς πάντα κέχρηται
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              τῇ φύσει καὶ τῇ ἐπινοίᾳ, καθὼς καὶ Γεμῖνος ὁ μαθημα-
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              τικὸς ἐν τῷ περὶ τῆς τῶν μαθημάτων τάξεώς φησιν. </s>
              <s id="id.000011">Κάρ-
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              πος δὲ πού φησιν ὁ Ἀντιοχεὺς Ἀρχιμήδη τὸν Συρακόσιον
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              ἓν μόνον βιβλίον συντεταχέναι μηχανικὸν τὸ κατὰ τὴν σφαι-
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              ροποιί̈αν, τῶν δὲ ἄλλων οὐδὲν ἠξιωκέναι συντάξαι. </s>
              <s id="id.000012">καίτοι
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              παρὰ τοῖς πολλοῖς ἐπὶ μηχανικῇ δοξασθεὶς καὶ μεγαλο-
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              φυής τις γενόμενος ὁ θαυμαστὸς ἐκεῖνος, ὥστε διαμεῖναι
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              παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ὑπερβαλλόντως ὑμνούμενος, τῶν
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              τε προηγουμένων γεωμετρικῆς καὶ ἀριθμητικῆς ἐχομένων
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              θεωρίας [καὶ] τὰ βραχύτατα δοκοῦντα εἶναι σπουδαίως
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              συνέγραφεν· ὃς φαίνεται τὰς εἰρημένας ἐπιστήμας οὕτως
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              ἀγαπήσας ὡς μηδὲν ἔξωθεν ὑπομένειν αὐταῖς ἐπεισάγειν.
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              <s id="id.000013">αὐτὸς δὲ Κάρπος καὶ ἄλλοι τινὲς συνεχρήσαντο γεωμετρίᾳ
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              καὶ εἰς τέχνας τινὰς εὐλόγως· γεωμετρία γὰρ οὐδὲν βλάπτε-
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              ται, σωματοποιεῖν πεφυκυῖα πολλὰς τέχνας, διὰ τοῦ συν-
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              εῖναι αὐταῖς [μήτηρ οὖν ὥσπερ οὖσα τεχνῶν οὐ βλάπτεται
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              διὰ τοῦ φροντίζειν ὀργανικῆς καὶ ἀρχιτεκτονικῆς· οὐδὲ γὰρ
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              διὰ τὸ συνεῖναι γεωμορίᾳ καὶ γνωμονικῇ καὶ μηχανικῇ καὶ
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