Scientists rediscover lost works of Apollonius in a 17th-century manuscript
The manuscript had been forgotten in the library, part of a collection acquired by Dutch Orientalist and mathematician Jacob Golius during his travels in the Middle East in the 17th century.
Conica of Apollonius of Perga fol. 162b and 164a.(photo credit: CC BY 4.0)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated: