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• A Budget of Paradoxes (second edition, two volumes: Chicago et al: Open Court, 1915), by Augustus De Morgan, ed. by David Eugene Smith, contrib. by Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• A Budget of Paradoxes: Reprinted, With the Author's Additions, From the "Athenaeum" (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1872), by Augustus De Morgan, ed. by Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Mathematical Essays and Recreations, by Hermann Schubert, trans. by Thomas J. McCormack (page images at Cornell)
• Mathematical essays and recreations (The Open Court Publishing Company; [etc., etc.], 1898), by Hermann Schubert and Thomas J. McCormack (page images at HathiTrust)
• A criticism on the Legendre mode of the rectification of the curve of the circle (R. Clarke & co., 1881), by J. Ralston Skinner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Quadratur des Kreises (B. G. Teubner, 1913), by Eugen Beutel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Quadratur des Kreises (B. G. Teubner, 1920), by Eugen Beutel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The measure of the circle : perfected in January, 1845 (For the author, 1854), by John Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The square of the circle considered under the principle of action to reaction equal (The author, 1894), by Edward Dingle (page images at HathiTrust)
• A double discovery. : The square of the circle (Printed for the author, 1893), by Rufus Fuller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Impossibilitas qvadratvrae circvli a priori adserta. (svmptibvs et typis T. I. Schreiberi, 1741), by M. C. Hanov (page images at HathiTrust)
• Over de onmogelijkheid der kwadratuur des cirkels, doch waarbij tevens eene nieuwe manier, om tot dezelve te naderen, gegeven wordt (Amsterdam, 1827), by Hendrik de Hartog (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Squaring the circle"; a history of the problem (University Press, 1913), by Ernest William Hobson (page images at HathiTrust)
• An essay on the elements of cyclometry, intended to illustrate the relations which exist between curves and right-lined figures. (Hurst, robinson and co.;, 1825), by John Luccock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Non plus ultra delle matematiche (Tipografia e libreria di G. Chiusi, 1850), by Luigi Andrea Raselli (page images at HathiTrust)
• The geometry of the circle and mathematics as applied to geometry by mathematicians : shewn to be a mockery, delusion, and a snare. Letter to G. G. Stokes. (E. Howell;, 1869), by James Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Daniel Waeywel's Tweede demonstratie wegens de quadratura circuli, dienende tot wederlegginge, en volslage overtuiginge van die tegens syn eerste demonstratie geschreven hebben niet alleen; maar ook van alle, die nog voornemens mogten zyn tegens het zelve to schryven. En wel ten principale, om alle liefhebbers aan te toonen, dat de aanmerkingen van Matheus Soeten niet alleen ongefondeert, en spottens waardig is; maar ook, dat hy syn belofte, in de courant algemeen gemaakt, niet is nagekomen, nog oyt volbrengen kan. Hier agter nog een korte antwoord op de wederlegginge van eenen Dirk Kruyk. (By C. van Hoogenhuissen, 1714), by Daniel Waeywel, Dirk Kruyk, and Mattheus Soeten (page images at HathiTrust)
• The circle squared : a solution of the problem of squaring the circle, showing the exact ratio between radius and quadrant (E.E. Wallace, 1903), by Ebenezer Erskine Wallace (page images at HathiTrust)
• Entdeckung der quadratur des cirkels, oder Answeisung zur rationalen berechnung des quadrat-inhalts eines jeden kreises. (Güstrow, 1838), by Wilhelm Meister (page images at HathiTrust)
• A demonstration of the quadrature of the circle. ([Washington? D. C., 1800), by William David Clark Murdock (page images at HathiTrust)
• The squaring of the circle ... (1891), by Hermann Schubert (page images at HathiTrust)
• The square of the circle, (x) demonstated from the cube, rational ... (G. H. Sellick, 1891), by Edward Dingle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cyclometry and circle-squaring in a nutshell (Simpkin, Marshall & co., 1986), by S. B. J. and S. B. J. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der bericht des Simplicius über die quadraturen des Antiphon und des Hippokrates (B. G. Teubner, 1907), by of Cilicia Simplicius and Ferdinand Rudio (page images at HathiTrust)
• The quadrature of the circle : the square root of two, and the right-angled triangle (Wilstach, Baldwin & co., printers, 1874), by William Alexander Myers, J. Babin, and Jean Etienne Montucla (page images at HathiTrust)
• A budget of paradoxes (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1872), by Augustus De Morgan and Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
• De vorticibus coelestibus dialogus. Cui accedit Quadratura circuli Archimedis, et Hippocratis Chii analyticè expressa. (ex typographia Joannis Baptistae Conzatti, 1712), by Giovanni Poleni (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mathematical and geometrical demonstrations, disproving numerous theorems, problems, postulates, corolleries, axioms naturally growing out of the extraordinary discoveries of a lacking link (Lezius-Hiles, 1934), by Carl Theodore Heisel and Carl Theodore Faber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mathematical essays and recreations (The Open court publishing company, 1910), by Hermann Schubert and Thomas Joseph McCormack (page images at HathiTrust)
• The secret of the circle and the square (McBride press, 1905), by J. C. Willmon (page images at HathiTrust)
• The secret of the circle and trisection of angles (McBride press, 1903), by J. C. Willmon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Unity of purpose, or Rational analysis: being a treatise designed to disclose physical truths, and to detect and expose popular errors. (S.N. Dickinson & co., 1846), by Augustus Young (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lo and behold! : a geometrical digest demonstrating the true and exact ratio of diameter to circumference ... the mathematical world defied and challenged ... new facts, figures and truths (Heisel], 1935), by Carl Theodore Heisel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lo and behold! : a mathematical master key that unlocks the priceless truths ... the mathematical world is defied and challenged ... new facts, figures and truths (Heisel], 1935), by Carl Theodore Heisel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Circle squared beyond refutation (The Author, 1935), by Carl Theodore Heisel (page images at HathiTrust)
• A last word for "the quadrateurs"; a paper read for "The club" (literary) of Springfield, Mass., April 27th, 1900 ([n. p., 1900), by A. R. Buffington (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Histoire des recherches sur la quadrature du cercle; avec une addition concernant les problèmes de la duplication du cube et de la trisection de l'angle. (Bachelier, 1831), by Jean Etienne Montucla and S. F. Lacroix (page images at HathiTrust)
• The quadrature of the circle, the square root of two, and the right-angled triangle (Wilstach, Baldwin & Co., printers, 1873), by William Alexander Myers, J. Babin, and Jean Etienne Montucla (page images at HathiTrust)
• The quadrature of the circle. Containing demonstrations of the errors of geometry in finding the approximation in use, the quadrature of the circle and practical questions on the quadrature, applied to the astronomical circles. With an appendix. (S.W. Benedict, 1851), by John A. Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Archimeds zwey Bücher über Kugel und Cylinder; Ebendesselben Kreismessung. (J.G. Cotta, 1798), by Archimedes, Luca Valerio, Evangelista Torricelli, André Tacquet, and Karl Friedrich Hauber (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter from Alexandria on the evidence of the practical application of the quadrature of the circle, in the configuration of the great pyramids of Gizeh (Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838), by H. Agnew (page images at HathiTrust)
• Découverte de la quadrature du cercle (C. Piaggi, 1905), by Antoine Raffalli (page images at HathiTrust)
• La quadratura del circolo : ovvero, un nuovo rapporto tra circonferenza e diametro (Niccolò Giannotta, 1908), by Vincenzo Guarrera (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Quadratur des Zirkels in berufenen und uberufenen Köpfen; eine kulturgeschichtliche Studie. (Richter, 1889), by Hermann Schubert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Streifzuge in das gebiet der mathematik und geometrie; ein hilfsbuch für lehrer und schüler fachverwandter lehranstalten. (Korneuburg, 1915), by Leopold Klein (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der Kreis und seine Quadrate die arithmetische Wage : [pi] =3, oder 3 1/8 und die Quadratur des Kreises (Carl Schnidtke, 1911), by Karl Theodor Baum (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rechentafel, enthaltend das grosse einmaleins bis 999 mal 999 mit einer einrichtung, die es ermöglicht, jedes gesuchte resultat, sowohl für die multiplikation, als auch für die division, biltzschnell zu finden, nebst einer kreisberechnungstabelle (O. Elsner, 1897), by Adolf Henselin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das Problem von der Quadratur des Zirkels. (1890), by Ferdinand Rudio (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quadrature du cercle ([s.n.], 1927), by Pierre Scarpitti (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quadrature of the circle and the law of gravity (C. Goodrich, 1853), by Augustus Young (page images at HathiTrust)
• The quadrature of the circle : correspondence between an eminent mathematician and James Smith, Esq. (Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1861), by James Smith and Augustus De Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quadrature of the circle perfected (Printed for the author, 1868), by Cyrus Pitt Grosvenor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Circle and square : the ancient problem arranged in four parts (Press of Springfield printing and Binding Co., 1908), by Rufus Fuller (page images at HathiTrust)
• The secret of the circle : its area ascertained (Sotheran, 1876), by Alick Carrick (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die berechnung des kreis-umfanges bei Archimedes und Leonardo Pisano. (Berlin, 1894), by H. Weissenborn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mathematical essays and recreations (The Open court publishing company, 1917), by Hermann Schubert and Thomas J. McCormack (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The measure of the circle, perfected in January, 1845 (For the author, 1854), by John Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geometrical solutions of the quadrature of the circle (Printed for the author, 1850), by Peter Fleming (page images at HathiTrust)
• The circle and straight line supplementary illustrations (J. Lovell, 1874), by John Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• The circle and straight line part third (J. Lovell, 1874), by John Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• The circle and straight line part second (J. Lovell, 1874), by John Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• The circle and the straight line (J. Lovell, 1874), by John Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quadrature of the circle. Containing demonstrations of the errors of geometers in finding the approximations in use; with an appendix, and practical questions on the quadrature, applied to the astronomical circles. To which are added lectures on polar magnetism, and non-existent of projectile forces in nature. (J. Wiley & son, 1874), by John A. Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The squaring of the circle. An historical sketch of the problem from the earliest times to the present day. ([Chicago, etc., 1891), by Hermann Schubert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mathematical essays and recreations (The Open Court publishing company; [etc., etc.], 1899), by Hermann Schubert and Thomas J. McCormack (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mathematical essays and recreations (The Open Court Pub. Co., 1903), by Hermann Schubert and Thomas J. McCormack (page images at HathiTrust)
• The circle and straight line (J. Lovell, 1875), by John Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Archimedes, Huygens, Lambert, Legendre : Vier Abhandlungen über die Kreismessung. Deutsch Hrsg. und mit einer Übersicht uber die Geschichte des Problemes von der Quadratur des Zirkels, von den ältesten Zeiten bis auf unsere Tage (B. G. Teubner, 1892), by Ferdinand Rudio, A. M. Legendre, Johann Heinrich Lambert, Christiaan Huygens, and Archimedes (page images at HathiTrust)
• The secret of the circle and the circle squared (F.H. Plummer, 1891), by Alick Burnes Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The system of calculating diameter, circumference, area, and squaring the circle : together with interest and miscellaneous tables, and other information (J. Morton, 1881), by James Morton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mathematical essays and recreations (Open Court Pub. Co. ;, 1903), by Hermann Schubert and Thomas J. McCormack (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quadrature du cercle. (Dentu; etc., etc., 1804), by L. F. Poussard, inspecteur-voyer Desjardins, Valat, Jean Franc̜ois Didier d' Attel de Luttange, G. B. Malacarne de Vincenza, Ruthiger, and Laurent Potier-Deslaurières (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fundamental truth; startling, revolutionary geometrical laws, ratios and relations between straight lines and curved lines; the mathematical world defied and challenged to upset these new facts, figures and truths (C. T. Heisel], 1936), by Carl Theodore Heisel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A dissertation on the use of the negative sign in algebra: containing a demonstration of the rules usually given concerning it; and shewing how quadratic and cubic equations may be explained, without the consideration of negative roots. To which is added, as an appendix, Mr. Machin's quadrature of the circle. (Printed by S. Richardson;, 1758), by Francis Maseres and Benjamin Franklin (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II, by Augustus De Morgan, ed. by David Eugene Smith (Gutenberg ebook)
• Mathematical Essays and Recreations, by Hermann Schubert, trans. by Thomas J. McCormack (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I, by Augustus De Morgan, ed. by David Eugene Smith (Gutenberg ebook)

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