Illustration to Archimedes remark “Δοσ μοι που στω και κινω την γην”, as quoted by Pappus of Alexandria in Collection or Synagoge, Book VIII, c. AD 340. Greek text in <i>Pappi Alexandrini Collectionis</i> edited by Friedrich Otto Hultsch, Berlin, 1878, page 1060. Often translated into English as “Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the earth” (Dikshoorn 1987) or “Give me but one firm spot on which to stand, and I will move the earth” (Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, 1953)
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2011-10-06
Engraving from Mechanic’s Magazine (cover of bound Volume II, Knight &amp; Lacey, London, 1824). Courtesy of the Annenberg Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.math.nyu.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/Lever/LeverIntro.html">[1]</a>