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Salinon
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<p>The salinon (meaning 'salt-cellar' in Greek) is a <a href="/facts/Geometrical_figure/nww0x85d">geometrical figure</a> that consists of four <a href="/facts/Semicircle/Im66xpfu">semicircles</a>. It was first introduced in the <i><a href="/facts/Book_of_Lemmas/LKJpGCY3">Book of Lemmas</a></i>, a work attributed to <a href="/facts/Archimedes/sIeMhSVF">Archimedes</a>. </p>