By a method of mechanical reasoning, I first discovered that the area of a segment of a parabola is four-thirds of the triangle with the same base and equal height.
Mathematics, physics, engineering
From 'The Method of Mechanical Theorems', describing his innovative approach.
c. 250 BCE
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