The discovery of conic sections was made by Menaechmus (375-325 B.C.) an associate of Plato and a pupil of Eudoxus. This discovery, in the course of only a century, raised geometry to the loftiest height which it was destined to reach during antiquity.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:pacific.edu/oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-1916 |
| Date | 01 January 1931 |
| Creators | Welker, Benjamin Lee, Jr. |
| Publisher | Scholarly Commons |
| Source Sets | University of the Pacific |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations |
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