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(RE 55)
mathematician (c.200 bc), wrote Περὶ πυρείων (‘On Burning-Mirrors’), preserved in Arabic translation. This treats both spherical and parabolic mirrors (giving the first proof of the focal property of ...
Subjects: Classical Studies.
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