Euclid's plane geometry, books iii.-vi., practically applied; or, Gradations in Euclid, part ii., with illustr. [&c.] by H. Green1861 |
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... problem . Can I not , with the implements provided , build this new hou se and see how , like the others , it is composed of indestructible materials ? I He may rely , that by thus exercising his judgment , he ... Problems PREFACE . vii .
... problem . Can I not , with the implements provided , build this new hou se and see how , like the others , it is composed of indestructible materials ? I He may rely , that by thus exercising his judgment , he ... Problems PREFACE . vii .
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Euclides Henry Green. of Euclid's Geometry brought together under the heads of Problems and Theorems , with their respective illustrations , applications , and uses . An alphabetical Index would have facilitated references to particular ...
Euclides Henry Green. of Euclid's Geometry brought together under the heads of Problems and Theorems , with their respective illustrations , applications , and uses . An alphabetical Index would have facilitated references to particular ...
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... Problem . Proced ... Precedendo , by going on . Prel . .Preliminary . Prod .. .... ........ Product . Pst . or Psts . Postulate , or Postulates Quæs . Quæsitum or Quæsita . Ratio . Scholium or Scholia . R ... Rec ...
... Problem . Proced ... Precedendo , by going on . Prel . .Preliminary . Prod .. .... ........ Product . Pst . or Psts . Postulate , or Postulates Quæs . Quæsitum or Quæsita . Ratio . Scholium or Scholia . R ... Rec ...
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... problem , has now spread its uses over the whole of the immense domains of the mathematical and physical sciences . " - LARDNER'S Trigonometry , p . 3 . The Learner may therefore enter on the study of this Third Book with the assurance ...
... problem , has now spread its uses over the whole of the immense domains of the mathematical and physical sciences . " - LARDNER'S Trigonometry , p . 3 . The Learner may therefore enter on the study of this Third Book with the assurance ...
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... Problem , had established the following proposition ; Any point , D , fig . 1 , F , fig . 2. being assumed within a O , a rt . line , HD or HF , drawn through it and produced indefinitely in both directions , will meet the in two points ...
... Problem , had established the following proposition ; Any point , D , fig . 1 , F , fig . 2. being assumed within a O , a rt . line , HD or HF , drawn through it and produced indefinitely in both directions , will meet the in two points ...
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ABCD Antecs Arith base bisected centre chord circumference circumscribed compd Conc contained decagon desc diam diameter distance divided draw drawn equiangular equims equimultiples Euclid extreme four magnitudes fourth Geometry given circle given line given st greater hypotenuse inscribed isosc join less mean measure multiple parallel parallelogram pentagon perp Plane Geometry polygon PROB Prop propl proportional proposition Quæs radius ratio compounded rect rectangle rectil rectilineal figure regular polygon Remk segments semic semiperimeter sides similar square star-shaped polygon straight line tang tangent third touch triangle vertex
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