archimedean
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4ADJ.
bent, sublime
VERB + ARCHIMEDEAN
mocking
ARCHIMEDEAN + NOUN
art, hath, learnt, sons
PREP.
with
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adj
Of or pertaining to Archimedes.
1629, William Bastian, “To the Authour” in Francis Malthus (translator), A Treatise of Artificial Fire-Works, London: Richard Hawkins, Thy Archimedean hand hath learnt to frame Celestiall Meteors out of Nitrous flame:
[…] sporting Nature, to amuse us, Did startling Novelties produce us; Mocking our Archimedean Sons Of Art with strange Phænomenons,
Having no infinitely large or infinitely small elements.
noun
A member of The Archimedeans, the mathematical society of the University of Cambridge.
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Archimedean.
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31629, William Bastian, “To the Authour” in Francis Malthus (translator), A Treatise of Artificial Fire-Works, London: Richard Hawkins, Thy Archimedean hand hath learnt to frame Celestiall Meteors out
Wiktionary[…] sporting Nature, to amuse us, Did startling Novelties produce us; Mocking our Archimedean Sons Of Art with strange Phænomenons,
WiktionaryWhoever should behold me now, I wist Would think I were a mighty mechanist Bent with sublime Archimedean art To breathe a soul into the iron heart Of some machine portentous,
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