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... , and , in too many cases , conceives a distaste for a most valuable and what may be made a most interest- ing study . In the following lessons an attempt has been made to supply this omission , each proposition of Euclid , Books.
... , and , in too many cases , conceives a distaste for a most valuable and what may be made a most interest- ing study . In the following lessons an attempt has been made to supply this omission , each proposition of Euclid , Books.
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Marianne Nops. LECTURE CONTENTS . I. THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE STUDY OF GEOMETRY -LIFE OF EUCLID REASONS FOR LEARNING GEO- METRY II . ON THE DEFINITIONS , AXIOMS , AND POSTULATES III . ON THE NATURE AND ARRANGEMENT OF A PROPOSI- TION ...
Marianne Nops. LECTURE CONTENTS . I. THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE STUDY OF GEOMETRY -LIFE OF EUCLID REASONS FOR LEARNING GEO- METRY II . ON THE DEFINITIONS , AXIOMS , AND POSTULATES III . ON THE NATURE AND ARRANGEMENT OF A PROPOSI- TION ...
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... STUDY OF GEOMETRY . - LIFE OF EUCLID . REASONS FOR LEARNING GEOMETRY . THE subject which we are about to begin together may be defined as the science of measurement . It treats of the rela- tions and properties of magnitudes , that is ...
... STUDY OF GEOMETRY . - LIFE OF EUCLID . REASONS FOR LEARNING GEOMETRY . THE subject which we are about to begin together may be defined as the science of measurement . It treats of the rela- tions and properties of magnitudes , that is ...
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... study was written by a Greek philosopher more than 2000 years ago , and hence , next to the Old Testament , is the oldest book in the world in everyday use . Eucleides — or , as we call him in English , Euclid - was a mathematician and ...
... study was written by a Greek philosopher more than 2000 years ago , and hence , next to the Old Testament , is the oldest book in the world in everyday use . Eucleides — or , as we call him in English , Euclid - was a mathematician and ...
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... study the book whose history we have briefly surveyed , let us , in order that we may pursue our subject intelligently , consider what ends we have in view in learning this science of geometry . The advantages are , I think , twofold ...
... study the book whose history we have briefly surveyed , let us , in order that we may pursue our subject intelligently , consider what ends we have in view in learning this science of geometry . The advantages are , I think , twofold ...
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&c.-Q.E.D. PROPOSITION ABCD alternate angles angle ABC angle ACB angles are equal angles equal base BC bisected Cheaper Edition circle cons construction Demy 8vo diameter enunciation equal bases equal in area equal sides equal triangles equilateral triangle Euclid exterior Fcap Frontispiece given angle given line given point given straight line given triangle gnomon gram half the line Illustrations interior and opposite interior angles isosceles triangle Join line equal meet opposite angles opposite sides parallelogram perpendicular Poems problem produced proof Prop rectangle contained rhombus right angles right-angled triangle Second Edition sides equal Small crown 8vo square on AC square on half SUMMARY OF PROPOSITION THEOREM Third Edition Translated triangle ABC triangles are equal twice the rect twice the rectangle vertical angle vols Wherefore whole line
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