The geometry of the three first books of Euclid, by direct proof from definitions alone, by H. Wedgwood1856 |
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... less than two right angles , the two straight lines shall meet if produced far enough " ( the axiom of Euclid relating to parallel lines ) , requires an effort of the understanding essentially differing from the mere comprehension of ...
... less than two right angles , the two straight lines shall meet if produced far enough " ( the axiom of Euclid relating to parallel lines ) , requires an effort of the understanding essentially differing from the mere comprehension of ...
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... less . The principles of most obvious authority in rea- soning are the propositions laying down the sense in which the terms of the demonstration are to be understood . The student who uses a certain term to signify the conception ...
... less . The principles of most obvious authority in rea- soning are the propositions laying down the sense in which the terms of the demonstration are to be understood . The student who uses a certain term to signify the conception ...
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... less reflection , to admit , although we may be un- able to explain the intellectual process by which our assent is extorted . In justification of the appeal to an authority of such a nature , the axioms are commonly spoken of as self ...
... less reflection , to admit , although we may be un- able to explain the intellectual process by which our assent is extorted . In justification of the appeal to an authority of such a nature , the axioms are commonly spoken of as self ...
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... less than two right angles , the two straight lines shall meet if produced far enough " ( the axiom of Euclid relating to parallel lines ) , requires an effort of the understanding essentially differing from the mere comprehension of ...
... less than two right angles , the two straight lines shall meet if produced far enough " ( the axiom of Euclid relating to parallel lines ) , requires an effort of the understanding essentially differing from the mere comprehension of ...
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... sphere of the influences to which the separate movements are owing , it will appear to move in a third direction , related more or less nearly to the direction of either of the component movements , according as INTRODUCTION . 11.
... sphere of the influences to which the separate movements are owing , it will appear to move in a third direction , related more or less nearly to the direction of either of the component movements , according as INTRODUCTION . 11.
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Page 62 - If a straight line be bisected, and produced to any point ; the rectangle contained by the whole line thus produced, and the part of it produced, together with the square of half the line bisected, is equal to the square of the straight line which is made up of the half and the part produced.
Page 64 - IF a straight line be divided into two equal, and also into two unequal parts; the squares of the two unequal parts are together double of the square of half the line, and of the square of the line between the points of section.
Page 98 - Museum of Science and Art. THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND ART. Edited by DIONYSIUS LARDNER, DCL, formerly Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy in University College, London. With upwards of 1 200 Engravings on Wood.
Page 80 - IF from any point without a circle two straight lines be drawn, one of which cuts the circle, and the other touches it ; the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle, and the part of it without the circle, shall be equal to the square of the line which touches it.
Page 25 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 78 - BAC is cut off from the given circle ABC containing an angle equal to the given angle D : Which was to be done. PROP. XXXV. THEOR. If two straight lines within a circle cut one another, the rectangle contained by the segments of one of them is equal to the rectangle contained by the segments of the other.
Page 97 - This is quite a novelty in chronological literature. It is an universal almanac — universal, that is, as respects time, past, present, and future. The main object of it is, as the compiler states, to supply the place of an old almanac, which is never at hand when wanted ; of the older almanac, which never was at hand ; and of the universal almanac in every shape IA more useful chronological handbook could scarcely be conceived.
Page 24 - If a side of any triangle be produced, the exterior angle is equal to the two interior and opposite angles; and the three interior angles of every triangle are together equal to two right angles.
Page 26 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...