Lectures on the Principles of Demonstrative MathematicsA. and C. Black, 1843 - 147 páginas |
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... promi- nent features of the different branches of the science , combined with the references I have given , will , it is hoped , be found useful to the more ad- QA 7 ка iv vanced student . The views which I have deve-
... promi- nent features of the different branches of the science , combined with the references I have given , will , it is hoped , be found useful to the more ad- QA 7 ка iv vanced student . The views which I have deve-
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... reference to the nature of the thing no interpretation or extension possible Locke's views need no refutation . - Definitions in Euclid's first Ele ment - proof of the coincidence of planes - of the equality of right angles - postulates ...
... reference to the nature of the thing no interpretation or extension possible Locke's views need no refutation . - Definitions in Euclid's first Ele ment - proof of the coincidence of planes - of the equality of right angles - postulates ...
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... reference to its termination and exten- sion it is sometimes designated magnitude , but frequently the same word space applies to both . * It will be conve- nient , for a while , to admit the distinction which I have drawn . What , then ...
... reference to its termination and exten- sion it is sometimes designated magnitude , but frequently the same word space applies to both . * It will be conve- nient , for a while , to admit the distinction which I have drawn . What , then ...
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... reference to geometry . I am , however , quite aware that the word definition is sometimes applied to designate something very different from what we have supposed it to do . In order to avoid confusion , therefore , I deem it right to ...
... reference to geometry . I am , however , quite aware that the word definition is sometimes applied to designate something very different from what we have supposed it to do . In order to avoid confusion , therefore , I deem it right to ...
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... reference to the senses . There is no channel of communication between different minds in matters relating to form , but the senses . We may then amplify our explanation of a definition by saying that it is the embodying of a perfect ...
... reference to the senses . There is no channel of communication between different minds in matters relating to form , but the senses . We may then amplify our explanation of a definition by saying that it is the embodying of a perfect ...
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Página 64 - When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it.
Página 38 - A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference.
Página 52 - Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side.
Página 96 - ... of the second and fourth ; if the multiple of the first be less than that of the second, the multiple of the third is also less than that of the fourth: or, if the multiple of the first be equal to that of the second, the multiple of the third is also equal to that of the fourth...
Página 122 - Whatever form is algebraically equivalent to another when expressed in general symbols, must continue to be equivalent whatever those symbols denote.
Página 17 - It is certain that from its completeness, uniformity and faultlessness, from its arrangement and progressive character, and from the universal adoption of the completest and best line of argument, Euclid's " Elements " stand preeminently at the head of all human productions.
Página 38 - Of four-sided figures, a square is that which has all its sides equal, and all its angles right angles.
Página 67 - Parallel straight lines are such as are in the same plane, and which being produced ever so far both ways, do not meet.
Página 88 - But when four magnitudes are proportionals, if the first be greater than the third, the second is greater than the fourth ; and if equal, equal; if less, less; (v.
Página 25 - That all our cognition," he says, " begins with experience, there is not any doubt ; for how otherwise should the faculty of cognition be awakened into exercise, if this did not occur through objects which affect our senses...