The Quadrature of the Circle: The Square Root of Two, and the Right-angled TriangleWilstach, Baldwin & Company, printers, 1873 - 164 páginas |
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... solution of problems which have heretofore been regarded by mathematicians as impos- sible ; and , although the author's mind has been employed with the subject for a number of years , the result of the investigations are now published ...
... solution of problems which have heretofore been regarded by mathematicians as impos- sible ; and , although the author's mind has been employed with the subject for a number of years , the result of the investigations are now published ...
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... Solution . For information concerning the History of the Quadrature of the Circle , the reader is referred to the Introduction , which begins on page 9 , of this book . But before we proceed too far in our investigation of the subject ...
... Solution . For information concerning the History of the Quadrature of the Circle , the reader is referred to the Introduction , which begins on page 9 , of this book . But before we proceed too far in our investigation of the subject ...
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... solution of the problem would have been obtained . But this no one has yet been able to do , nor is it likely ever to be done . We are also indebted to Simplicius for the history of a disciple of Pythagoras , named Sextus , who claimed ...
... solution of the problem would have been obtained . But this no one has yet been able to do , nor is it likely ever to be done . We are also indebted to Simplicius for the history of a disciple of Pythagoras , named Sextus , who claimed ...
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... the revival of let . ters among ourselves . About this time the famous CARDINAL DE CUSA distinguished himself by his unfortunate attempts at the solution of this problem . Nevertheless he tried an ingenious method INTRODUCTION . 11.
... the revival of let . ters among ourselves . About this time the famous CARDINAL DE CUSA distinguished himself by his unfortunate attempts at the solution of this problem . Nevertheless he tried an ingenious method INTRODUCTION . 11.
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... solution of the problem : a circle being given , add to its radius the side of the inscribed square , and with this line as diameter describe a circle , in which is inscribed an equi- lateral triangle , the perinuter of this triangle ...
... solution of the problem : a circle being given , add to its radius the side of the inscribed square , and with this line as diameter describe a circle , in which is inscribed an equi- lateral triangle , the perinuter of this triangle ...
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The Quadrature of the Circle the Square Root of Two and the Right-Angled ... William Alexander Myers Vista previa limitada - 2023 |
The Quadrature of the Circle the Square Root of Two and the Right-Angled ... William Alexander Myers Vista previa limitada - 2023 |
The Quadrature of the Circle, the Square Root of Two, and the Right-Angled ... William Alexander. Myers Sin vista previa disponible - 2013 |
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Página 65 - A plane rectilineal angle is the inclination of two straight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the same straight line.
Página 39 - It furnishes art with all her materials, and without it judgment itself can at best but " steal wisely : " for art is only like a prudent steward that lives on managing the riches of nature.' Whatever praises may be given to works of judgment, there is not even a single beauty in them to which the invention...
Página 71 - AXIOMS. 1. Things which are equal to the same thing are equal to one another. 2. If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal. 3. If equals be taken from equals, the remainders are equal.
Página 39 - Nor is it a wonder if he has ever been acknowledged the greatest of poets, who most excelled in that which is the very foundation of poetry. It is the invention that in different degrees...
Página 78 - COR. From this it is manifest, that the perpendicular drawn from the right angle of a right-angled triangle to the base, is a mean proportional between the segments of the base; and also that each of the sides is a mean proportional between the base, and...
Página 71 - If a straight line meets two straight lines, so as to " make the two interior angles on the same side of it taken " together less than two right angles...
Página 39 - And perhaps the reason why common critics are inclined to prefer a judicious and methodical genius to a great and fruitful one, is, because they find it easier for themselves to pursue their observations through an uniform and bounded walk of art, than to comprehend the vast and various extent of nature.
Página 31 - IN a right-angled triangle, if a perpendicular be drawn from the right angle to the base, the triangles on each side of it are similar to the whole triangle, and to one another.
Página 74 - In any right-angled triangle, the square which is described on the side subtending the right angle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the sides which contain the right angle.
Página 69 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, • called degrees, each degree into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds, etc.