
The long-forgotten myth of the Jointed Quadrature (specifically, Jointed Quadrature 62.403) is quite entertaining! This apparent mathematical prototype of Pythagoras (or crafted during his era) had been misplaced and, being perceived a new hand combat weapon for a Greek infantryman, was "returned" to a general, then in transit to regional headquarters.

Lost to history was the Quadrature's circle-squaring geometric simplicity. For when this instrument was unfolded and the tip of the shortest segment (yellow) was placed at the center of the longest segment (red), a right triangle was effectively created, having a precise vertex of 62.403 degrees. Such a right triangle was an impressive approximation of the theorized triangle that effectively - and precisely - squares every circle!


Segment 1 (red) - 1.7724538509055160272981674833411.. (sqrt(P))
Segment 2 (green) - 1.5707963267948966192313216916398.. (Pi/2)
Segment 3 (yellow) - 0.88622692545275801364908374167057.. (sqrt(Pi)/2)
* "Pi" is more recent terminology for these values.

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