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Greeks had a mechanical cube-root finder. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3615516?seq=1 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3615516?seq=1 (btw. are scihub links allowed
by amatic 6y ago
Greeks had a mechanical cube-root finder.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3615516?seq=1 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3615516?seq=1
(btw. are scihub links allowed on HN?)
- amatic 6y agoA 1979 article on ancient catapults, includes the description of the cube-root finding device: http://jaanmarss.planet.ee/juhendid/Kaugrelvad_Antiik-Kreekas/andmebaas/W.Soedel_and_V.Foley/Catapults.htm http://jaanmarss.planet.ee/juhendid/Kaugrelvad_Antiik-Kreeka...