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Pappus of Alexandria. ca 290-350. Greek geometer.
Bees. . . by virtue of a certain geometrical forethought . . . know that the hexagon is greater than the square and the triangle and will hold more honey for the same expenditure of material in constructing each. Synagoge or the Mathematical Collection, Book V.
