Archimedes to Eratosthenes greeting. ... certain things first became clear to me by a mechanical method, although they had to be demonstrated by geom…

- Archimedes

The perimeter of the earth is about 3,000,000 stadia and not greater.

- Archimedes

Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.

- Archimedes

Man has always learned from the past. After all, you can't learn history in reverse!

- Archimedes

There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied Mathematics.

- Archimedes

Equal weights at equal distances are in equilibrium and equal weights at unequal distances are not in equilibrium but incline towards the weight whic…

- Archimedes

Many people believe that the grains of sand are infinite in multitude ... Others think that although their number is not without limit, no number can…

- Archimedes

The centre of gravity of any parallelogram lies on the straight line joining the middle points of opposite sides.

- Archimedes

Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.

- Archimedes