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ELEMENTARY PROOF, THAT EIGHT} \vskip12pt \centerline{\Largebf
PERIMETERS, OF THE REGULAR INSCRIBED} \vskip12pt
\centerline{\Largebf POLYGON OF TWENTY SIDES, EXCEED} \vskip12pt
\centerline{\Largebf TWENTY-FIVE DIAMETERS OF THE CIRCLE}
\vskip24pt \centerline{\Largebf By} \vskip24pt
\centerline{\Largebf William Rowan Hamilton} \vskip24pt
\centerline{\largerm (Philosophical Magazine, 23 (1862), pp.\
267--269.)} \vskip36pt \vfill \centerline{\largerm Edited by
David R. Wilkins} \vskip 12pt \centerline