u/GiffordPinchot answered your question about 3.14.1592 here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5zchsm/comment/dex3yrp
u/TheoremaEgregium explains how Archimedes calculated his value of pi in the 3rd century BC here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6mxmag/comment/dk5qcb3