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While it sucks the original work was erased to be overwritten by prayers, I wonder if the book only survived this long on account of being an heirloom prayer bo
by hermannj314 10y ago
While it sucks the original work was erased to be overwritten by prayers, I wonder if the book only survived this long on account of being an heirloom prayer book rather than a dusty old math tome.
- idobai 10y ago> Archimedes wrote his manuscript on a PAPYRUS scroll 2,200 years ago. At an unknown later time, someone COPIED the text from papyrus to ANIMAL-SKIN parchment. Then, 700 years ago, a monk needed parchment for a new prayer book. He pulled THE COPY of Archimedes' book off the shelf...