Euclid's Elements of Geometry: Chiefly from the Text of Dr. Simson, with Explanatory Notes .... the first six booksJ. W. Parker & son, 1860 - 361 páginas |
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... terms : -- " When the greater Portion of this Part of the Course was printed , and had for some time been in use in the Academy , a new Edition of Euclid's Elements , by Mr. Robert Potts , M.A. , of Trinity College , Cambridge , which ...
... terms : -- " When the greater Portion of this Part of the Course was printed , and had for some time been in use in the Academy , a new Edition of Euclid's Elements , by Mr. Robert Potts , M.A. , of Trinity College , Cambridge , which ...
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... terms . " The value of Mathematical instruc- tion as a preparation for those more difficult investigations ( physiology , society , government , & c . ) consists in the applicability not of its doc- trines , but of its method ...
... terms . " The value of Mathematical instruc- tion as a preparation for those more difficult investigations ( physiology , society , government , & c . ) consists in the applicability not of its doc- trines , but of its method ...
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... is less than a right angle . XIII . A term or boundary is the extremity of any thing . XIV . A figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries . XV . A circle is a plane figure contained by G ? EUCLID'S ELEMENTS .
... is less than a right angle . XIII . A term or boundary is the extremity of any thing . XIV . A figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries . XV . A circle is a plane figure contained by G ? EUCLID'S ELEMENTS .
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... terms of the definitions so called , are no more than merely equivalent expressions . The simple idea described by a proper term or terms , does not in fact admit of definition properly so called . The definitions in Euclid's Elements ...
... terms of the definitions so called , are no more than merely equivalent expressions . The simple idea described by a proper term or terms , does not in fact admit of definition properly so called . The definitions in Euclid's Elements ...
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... term so clear and intel- ligible as to be incapable of becoming more so by formal definition . Euclid's definition is Εὐθεῖα γραμμή ἐστιν , ἥτις ἐξ ἴσου τοῖς ἐφ ' ἑαυτῆς onμelois Keitαι , wherein he states it to lie evenly , or equally ...
... term so clear and intel- ligible as to be incapable of becoming more so by formal definition . Euclid's definition is Εὐθεῖα γραμμή ἐστιν , ἥτις ἐξ ἴσου τοῖς ἐφ ' ἑαυτῆς onμelois Keitαι , wherein he states it to lie evenly , or equally ...
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A₁ ABCD AC is equal Algebraically angle ABC angle ACB angle BAC Apply Euc axiom base BC chord circle ABC constr describe a circle diagonals diameter divided double draw equal angles equiangular equilateral triangle equimultiples Euclid Euclid's Elements exterior angle Geometrical given circle given line given point given straight line given triangle gnomon greater hypotenuse inscribed intersection isosceles triangle less Let ABC line AC lines be drawn meet the circumference multiple opposite angles parallelogram pentagon perpendicular porism problem produced Prop proportionals proved Q.E.D. PROPOSITION quadrilateral radius ratio rectangle contained rectilineal figure remaining angle right angles right-angled triangle segment semicircle shew shewn similar similar triangles square on AC tangent THEOREM touch the circle trapezium triangle ABC twice the rectangle vertex vertical angle wherefore
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