Archimedes' spiral
Archimedes' spiral
[¦är·kə¦mēd′ēz ′spī·rəl] McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The garden's most dramatic feature is what Pietras-Dominski calls a "double
Archimedes' spiral," with two paths that swirl around a rock border accented with ornamental alliums.
It is carved with 10 grooves arranged in a formation known as
Archimedes' spirals which give the appearance of a whirlpool or vortex with a hole in the centre.
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