librarycompany: “ We love the gilt design on this publisher’s binding from 1854, found on The Measure of the Circle by John Davis. Squaring the circle was proven to be impossible in 1882, twenty-eight years after the publication of this book. Davis,...

librarycompany:

We love the gilt design on this publisher’s binding from 1854, found on The Measure of the Circle by John Davis. 

Squaring the circle was proven to be impossible in 1882, twenty-eight years after the publication of this book.

Davis, John.  1854, The measure of the circle. : Perfected in January, 1845 Providence : published for author. 1854. 2 cm x 14 cm x cm.  

Jan 12, 2017
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