„The centre of gravity of any cylinder is the point of bisection of the axis.“
— Archimedes, buch The Method of Mechanical Theorems
Proposition presumed from previous work.
The Method of Mechanical Theorems
Zitate Archimedes
„It follows at once from the last proposition that the centre of gravity of any triangle is at the intersection of the lines drawn from any two angles to the middle points of the opposite sides respectively.“
— Archimedes, buch On the Equilibrium of Planes
Book 1, Proposition 14.
On the Equilibrium of Planes
„How many theorems in geometry which have seemed at first impracticable are in time successfully worked out!“
— Archimedes, buch On Spirals
On Spirals (225 B.C.)
