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English: The dependence of the length of a chord of a circle upon the angle that it subtends. As in Ptolemy's Almagest, the diameter of the circle is 120 parts.
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I drew this using xfig. It illustrates the dependence of the length of a chord of a circle upon the angle that it subtends. As in [[Ptolemy]]'s [[Almagest]], the diameter of the circle is 120.
I drew this using xfig. It illustrates the dependence of the length of a chord of a circle upon the angle that it subtends. As in [[Ptolemy]]'s [[Almagest]], the diameter of the circle is 120.
I drew this using xfig. It illustrates the dependence of the length of a chord of a circle upon the angle that it subtends. As in Ptolemy's Almagest, the diameter of the circle is 120.
I drew this using xfig. It illustrates the dependence of the length of a chord of a circle upon the angle that it subtends. As in [[Ptolemy]]'s [[Almagest]], the diameter of the circle is 120.
I drew this using xfig. It illustrates the dependence of the length of a chord of a circle upon the angle that it subtends. As in [[Ptolemy]]'s [[Almagest]], the diameter of the circle is 120.
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