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Euclid's Elements of Geometry

Submitted by bill on Wed, 2006-03-22 12:01. |

This fragment of papyrus is one of the oldest and most complete diagrams from Euclid's Elements of Geometry. It was found among the remarkable rubbish piles of Oxyrhynchus in 1896-97 and is now located at the University of Pennsylvania. The site has detail on the meaning of the papyrus.

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