Insect Geometry 



the earliest ages of the globe. The Cera- 

 tites, the Ammonites and other molluscs 

 prior in date to the emergence of our conti- 

 nents coll their shells in the same fashion as 

 the Planorbes ^ of our books. 



The logarithmic spiral of the mollusc is as 

 old as the centuries. It proceeds from the 

 sovran Geometry Which rules the world, at- 

 tentive alike to the Wasp's cell and to the 

 Snail's spiral. 



" God," says Plato, " is ever the great 

 geometer: 'Aet 6 0£os,y£o/x£Tper." 



Here truly is the solution of the problem 

 of the Wasps. 



1 A widejy-distributed genus of Pond-snails. — Trans- 

 lator's Note. 



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