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Geometria - Viviani, Vincenzo
De maximis; et minimis geometrica diuinatio in quintum conicorum Apollonii Pergaei adhucdesiretum ad Serenissimum Ferdinandum, 1659
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Viviani's faithful reconstruction of the fifth book of Apollonius' Conics, undertaken after the first four books had been discovered and published. Before it appeared, Borelli actually found the text of the fifth book in an Arabic manuscript in the grand ducal library in Florence. This extraordinary manuscript actually included the first seven books of Apollonius, but Borelli kept the contents secret until Viviani could complete its publication. A translation from the Arabic appeared in 1661 under the direction of Borelli, revealing a "substantial similarity" between Viviani's reconstruction and the real