Part I. Introduction: 1. Archimedes
2. Manuscripts and principle editions
3. Relation of Archimedes to his predecessors
4. Arithmetic in Archimedes
5. On the problem known as neuseis
6. Cubic equations
7. Anticipations by Archimedes of the integral calculus
8. The terminology of Archimedes
Part II. The Works of Archimedes: 1. On the sphere and cylinder
2. Measurement of a circle
3. On conoids and spheroids
4. On spirals
5. On the equilibrium of planes
6. The sand-reckoner
7. Quadrature of the parabola
8. On floating bodies
9. Book of lemmas
10. The cattle-problem.

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