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Mathematics 2100-1600 BC: Technical Constants in Bureaucracy and Education (Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts), Eleanor Robson, Clarendon Press, 1999,
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Katz, Eugene A.; Jin, Bih-Yaw (August 2016). Huylebrouck, Dirk (ed.). "Fullerenes, Polyhedra, and
Chinese Guardian Lions". The Mathematical Tourist.
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Patterns of seven overlapping circles appear in historical artefacts from the 7th century BC onwards; they become a frequently used ornament in the
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cube of spheres viewed from a diagonal axis. The third row shows the pattern completed with partial circle arcs within a set of completed circles.
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features the 19 overlapping circles grid as the central part of its album cover. Teaser posters illustrating the cover art to
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as the main feature of its album cover, whereas the album
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2202:Der spätrömische Silberschatzfund von Kaiseraugst.
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2000:A History of Art in Chaldæa and Assyria
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1998:. Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez,
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2119:Kennedy, Maev (October 31, 2016).
1776:Square grid of overlapping circles
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2188:10.1007/s00283-016-9663-0
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1948:(detail), Java, Indonesia
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1846:The Grammar of Ornament
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