"From Pappus it appears, however, that the early Mathematicians had at first some reluctance in admitting either the Conic Sections or superior curves in the solution of problems, considering them as not strictly geometrical; but afterwards these lines became objects of much curious investigation, even among the ancients; and in modern times ultimately were of the most extensive utility, both in abstract and in physical science."
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William Trail, Account of the Mathematical Collections of Pappus, Account of the life and writings of Robert Simson, M.D. Late Professor of Mathematics in the University Of Glasgow, ed. William Trail (1812) Appendix I.
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