| Evidence: | 'With regard to the division of the circle into 360 parts,- I think it cannot be done by elementary Geometry - at least if M. Gauss is right - who (Leslie tells us) has demonstrated that a polygon can be inscribed in a circle - directly - by means of circles and straight lines - only - when the number of its sides is a prime number and can be denoted by 2n + 1.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jul 1816 and 31 Aug 1816 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Annandale (probably) | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Carlyle |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 4 Dec 1795 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer / Academic |
| Religion: | Lapsed Calvinist |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Sir John Leslie |
| Title: | Elements of Geometry |
| Genre: | Mathematics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 13343 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Carlyle | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Carlyle | |
| Place of Publication: | Durham | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 82 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Carlyle, The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Carlyle (Durham, 1970), 1, p. 82, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13343, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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