Proposition: Prop. 12.12: Volumes of Similar Cones and Cylinders are in Triplicate Ratio of Diameters of Bases

Euclid's Formulation

Similar cones and cylinders are to one another in the cubed ratio of the diameters of their bases. * Let there be similar cones and cylinders of which the bases (are) the circles $ABCD$ and $EFGH$, the diameters of the bases (are) $BD$ and $FH$, and the axes of the cones and cylinders (are) $KL$ and $MN$ (respectively). * I say that the cone whose base [is] [circle]bookofproofs$690 $ABCD$, and apex the point $L$, has to the cone whose base [is] [circle]bookofproofs$690 $EFGH$, and apex the point $N$, the cubed ratio that $BD$ (has) to $FH$.

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Modern Formulation

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  1. Fitzpatrick, Richard: Euclid's "Elements of Geometry"

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  1. Prime.mover and others: "Pr∞fWiki", https://proofwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page, 2016