Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Archimedes" in English language version.
The Latin inscription from the Roman poet Manilius surrounding the image may be translated 'To pass beyond your understanding and make yourself master of the universe.' The phrase comes from Manilius's Astronomica 4.392 from the first century A.D. (p. 782).
the Archimedes Palimpsest has ridden the roiling waves of circumstance to become the most celebrated link to antiquity's greatest mathematician-inventor
Perhaps the earliest instrument, apart from sundials, of which we have a detailed description is the device constructed by Archimedes for measuring the sun's apparent diameter; this was a rod along which different coloured pegs could be moved.
the Archimedes Palimpsest has ridden the roiling waves of circumstance to become the most celebrated link to antiquity's greatest mathematician-inventor