# egyptian.plot 02 August 1999 # file egyptian.ps space -10.0 -10.0 10.0 10.0 page line_rgb 1.0 0.0 0.0 circle 0.0 0.0 9.0 line_rgb 0.5 0.5 0.5 grid -9.0 -9.0 9.0 9.0 19 19 line_rgb 0.0 1.0 0.0 square 0.0 0.0 8.0 line_rgb 0.0 0.0 0.0 font_size 0.25 moveto -8.0 10.0 label The Egyptians approximated the area of a circle moveto -8.0 9.5 label by the area of a square whose side was 8/9 the moveto -8.0 9.0 label diameter of the circle. endpage endfile