Dr. Edward J. Goodwin / Indiana State Legislature

Summary

Dr. Edward J. Goodwin / Indiana State Legislature House Bill No. 246 (1897)

This is because one fifth of the diameter fails to be represented four times in the circle's circumference. For example: if we multiply the perimeter of a square by one-fourth of any line one-fifth greater than one side, we can in like manner make the square's area to appear one-fifth greater than the fact, as is done by taking the diameter for the linear unit instead of the quadrant of the circle's circumference.
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