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From: MLThiebaux 
Reply-To: MLThiebaux 


>
>It is easier if you calculate a paraboloid section instead - the
>volume is half of a cylinder section whose height is half the sagitta
>(IIRC) - the difference between the sphere and paraboloid is not
>greater than can be bridged by polishing!
>
>Nils Olof
>
>

The above is a nice and simple way to remember the formula but there is one
too many 'halfs'.  It should be: "The volume is half of a cylinder
whose height is the sagitta."

Martial Thiebaux
Rawdon Hills, Nova Scotia

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