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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / n. Pi

17914	He made a molten sea, which was ten cubits across, and thirty cubits round the edge [Anon (Kings)]
	Full Idea: And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other; it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of cubits did compass it round about.
	From: Anon (Kings) (11: Book of Kings 1 [c.550 BCE], 7:23)
	A reaction: In the sixth century BCE, this appears to give 3 as the value of Pi, though perhaps it shouldn't be taken too literally!