单词 | magical square |
释义 | > as lemmasmagical square magical square n. now historical = magic square n. at magic adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [noun] > diagram > magic square or circle magical square1693 magical circle1698 magic square1704 magic circle1797 Nasik1866 1693 A. Pitfield tr. S. de La Loubère New Hist. Relation Kingdom Siam II. 228 This problem is called Magical Squares because that Agrippa in his second book De Occulta Philosophia, cap. 22 informs us they were used as Talismans. 1693 A. Pitfield tr. S. de La Loubère New Hist. Relation Kingdom Siam II. 228 Mr. Vincent,..seeing me..studiously range the Magical squares after the manner of Bachet, informed me that the Indians of Suratte ranged them with much more facility. c1750 B. Franklin Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1769) 354 I am glad the perusal of the magical squares afforded you any amusement. I now send you the magical circle. 1993 Burlington Mag. Mar. 220/3 Camerarius presumably did not have the [Durer] engraving in front of him when he described it (for he mistook the magical square for a spider's web). < as lemmas |
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