Impossibility of geometrical tools that solve equations of degree five

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At Hartshorne, Geometry: Euclid and beyond (1997), p. 4, I read:

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Can from this and Abel-Ruffini's theorem be derived, that there are no (inherently physical) tools (like ordinary straightedge, marked ruler, compass, and for example spirals) that correspond exactly to the solution of equations of degree five?