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Measurements, length, distances, science
Geometry originated as a practical science concerned with surveying, Measurements, areas, and volumes. Among the notable accomplishments one finds formulas for length, areas, and volumes, such a Pythagorean theory and area of circle, area of a triangle, and volume of a cylinder, sphere, and a pyramid. A method of computing certain inaccessible heights and distances based on similarity of geometric figures is attributed to Thales.