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As the trisection of the triangle is, perhaps, the simplest of the three problems," said the lecturer, with almost judicial calmness, "we will, if you please, begin with that.

From The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension by Griffith, George Chetwynd

Stops, each occupying one-eighth of the width, and with centres situated at the points of trisection, answer well the required purpose.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

The technical problems of the trisection of an angle and the duplication of a cube are illustrations of the problems which characterize a geometrical doctrine that was finding its technique.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

They also attempted to resolve the problems of the trisection of an angle and the duplication of a cube.

From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John

But, as I was apprehensive some error might arise from quinquesection and trisection, in order to examine the accuracy of the divisions, I described another circle on the ring c, Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua