Intro 5
Meshia Walls / Bodin
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Latin
English
Illud autem optimum , quod Coronaei donius cum infinita librorum ac veterum monumentorum varietate ac copia , tum etiam instrumentorum seu ad musicam seu ad omnes artes mathematicas refertissima esset ; nihil tamen rarius mihi visum est , quam pantotheca quadrata sex pedum . Divisio cujusque pedis in sex apothecas numerum ex quadrato triginta sex in se ducto conficiebat capsulas 1296 .
Most
important
,
however
,
was
the
fact
that
Coronaeus
'
home
was
filled
not
only
with
an
infinite
variety
and
supply
of
books
and
old
records
,
but
also
instruments
either
for
music
or
for
all
sorts
of
mathematical
arts
.
Still
nothing
seemed
to
me
more
unusual
than
the
pantotheca
six
feet
square
.
Each
foot
was
divided
into
six
square
compartments
.
The
square
number
36
multiplied
by
itself
produced
1296
boxes
.