# \#archimedes

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## [Improving on Archimedes: New Proofs of the Volume and Area of Sphere and Cylinder](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/improving-on-archimedes-new-proofs-of-the-volume-and-area-of-sphere-and-cylinder/4034)

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**Last updated:** [27 November 2023 13:21 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/improving-on-archimedes-new-proofs-of-the-volume-and-area-of-sphere-and-cylinder/4034 "2023-11-27T13:21:59Z")

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Archimedes published On the Sphere and Cylinder around 225 B.C. It derived formulæ for the area and volume of the sphere and cylinder, and proved that the area of a sphere is equal to that of the circumscr…