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 2004/05/17
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THE CIRCLE SQUARED.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EDITOR OF THE “STAR,”

SIR,—I send you a few figures, the result of my leisure hours. My attention has been lately called to “Squaring the Circle,” and I have brought out the understated Interrogatory, which I shall be glad to have answered by some of your readers and geometers. The calculation consists of 26 decimals; is finite, and will not admit of the terms ordinarily used, “approximated,” or “nearly.”

Question: 8862269254527 being the square root of a circle of which the diameter is 1, what is the area and the circumference of said circle, and what is the ratio of the circumference to the diameter?

If this is correct, thus will end the squaring of the circle and the ambition of yours, &c., H. HARBORD, 19, Albion-street, Hull. Nov. 9.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE “STAR.”

SIR,—When I wrote to you on the 9th, I submitted a question relative to “Squaring the Circle.” I now send the answer thereto, and believe it to be correct. I am quite satisfied with its definite result; all that I hope is that it will afford some amusement, if not practical benefit to society.—I am, &c., Hull, Nov. 11 H. HARBORD.

Square Root. 8862269254527 Area .78539816339734548309993729 Circumference of Circle, 3.14159265358938193239974916 3.92699081698672741549968645 1.25