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13th century text hides words of Archimedes
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The pages of a medieval prayer text also contain words of ancient Greek engineer Archimedes. It takes high-tech imaging to read between the lines.
By Jia-Rui Chong
Times Staff Writer
December 26 2006
THE book cost $2 million at auction, but large sections are unreadable.
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