. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. s knowledge extended to what waSjfor those times, proficiency in geometry, hydrostatics, optics, me-chanics and astronomy. Nor was he a mere theorist. He put his learningto many practical uses, especially during the siege of Syracuse, when he in-vented engines of war against the enemy, and is reported to have set tiieRoman fleet on fire by means of reflecting mirrors. He also devised labor-saving arrangements of ropes and pulleys, and was wonderfully skilled insolving problems. He discovered the doctrine of specific gravity ; also saidto
. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. s knowledge extended to what waSjfor those times, proficiency in geometry, hydrostatics, optics, me-chanics and astronomy. Nor was he a mere theorist. He put his learningto many practical uses, especially during the siege of Syracuse, when he in-vented engines of war against the enemy, and is reported to have set tiieRoman fleet on fire by means of reflecting mirrors. He also devised labor-saving arrangements of ropes and pulleys, and was wonderfully skilled insolving problems. He discovered the doctrine of specific gravity ; also saidto Hiero, King of Syracuse, that, if given a point upon which to rest a lever,he could move the world. The illustration shows Archimedes in his study, at the time of the cap-ture of Syracuse. He was absorbed in the solution of a problem when aRoman soldier burst into the room and ordered the mathematician to follotvhim to the Roman general, Marcellus. Archimedes refused to go until hehad concluded bis demonstration. The soldier, in his anger, hilled * ^.l^Oflfc ill/.to
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