Eudoxus
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And in this we merely harmonize educational progress with world progress, for the numerical theory of proportion long preceded the theory of Eudoxus.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
Similarly he describes his discoveries about the volumes and surfaces of spheres and cylinders as supplementing the theorems of Eudoxus 25 about the pyramid, the cone and the cylinder.
From Archimedes Men of Science by Heath, Thomas Little
Eudoxus of Cnidus, in the fifth century B.C., is said by his commentator Aratus to have also believed in the solidity of the heavens, but his reasons are not assigned.
From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.
Pythagoras is said to have been the first to describe the earth as a sphere, and this view was adopted by Eudoxus and Aristotle.
From Development of Gravity Pendulums in the 19th Century Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Papers 34-44 On Science and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1966 by Lenzen, Victor Fritz
The theory applied also to the sun and moon, for which Eudoxus required only three spheres in each case.
From Archimedes Men of Science by Heath, Thomas Little
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