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... similar triangles in the remaining eight segments , and so on , the sum of all these rectilineal figures would be equal to the circle ; nothing could be more true than this , and Aristotle was undoubtedly wrong in calling Antiphon a ...
... similar triangles in the remaining eight segments , and so on , the sum of all these rectilineal figures would be equal to the circle ; nothing could be more true than this , and Aristotle was undoubtedly wrong in calling Antiphon a ...
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... similar wiseacre presented at the same time in France his paralo- gisms upon the quadrature of the circle and the duplication of the cube . It was a merchant of Rochelle , called De Laleu . This one also pretended to have received the ...
... similar wiseacre presented at the same time in France his paralo- gisms upon the quadrature of the circle and the duplication of the cube . It was a merchant of Rochelle , called De Laleu . This one also pretended to have received the ...
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... similar follies ; there is not even a doubt that succeeding ages will resem- ble in this respect the past . In 1713 , a Mr. G. A. Roerberg undertook to show that the circle is equal to the square of the side of an inscribed equilateral ...
... similar follies ; there is not even a doubt that succeeding ages will resem- ble in this respect the past . In 1713 , a Mr. G. A. Roerberg undertook to show that the circle is equal to the square of the side of an inscribed equilateral ...
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... similar follies ; there is not even a doubt that succeedin ble in this respect the past . In 1713 , a Mr. G. A. Ro to show that the circle is equal to the square of the si equilateral triangle ; he did not perceive that it foll ...
... similar follies ; there is not even a doubt that succeedin ble in this respect the past . In 1713 , a Mr. G. A. Ro to show that the circle is equal to the square of the si equilateral triangle ; he did not perceive that it foll ...
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... similar spectacle . In 1753 an officer in the guards , Sir de Causans , who until then had never had any suspicion of geometry , suddenly found the quadrature of the circle in having a circular piece of sod cut , and then , rising from ...
... similar spectacle . In 1753 an officer in the guards , Sir de Causans , who until then had never had any suspicion of geometry , suddenly found the quadrature of the circle in having a circular piece of sod cut , and then , rising from ...
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Page 65 - A plane rectilineal angle is the inclination of two straight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the same straight line.
Page 39 - It furnishes art with all her materials, and without it judgment itself can at best but " steal wisely : " for art is only like a prudent steward that lives on managing the riches of nature.' Whatever praises may be given to works of judgment, there is not even a single beauty in them to which the invention...
Page 71 - AXIOMS. 1. Things which are equal to the same thing are equal to one another. 2. If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal. 3. If equals be taken from equals, the remainders are equal.
Page 39 - Nor is it a wonder if he has ever been acknowledged the greatest of poets, who most excelled in that which is the very foundation of poetry. It is the invention that in different degrees...
Page 78 - COR. From this it is manifest, that the perpendicular drawn from the right angle of a right-angled triangle to the base, is a mean proportional between the segments of the base; and also that each of the sides is a mean proportional between the base, and...
Page 71 - If a straight line meets two straight lines, so as to " make the two interior angles on the same side of it taken " together less than two right angles...
Page 39 - And perhaps the reason why common critics are inclined to prefer a judicious and methodical genius to a great and fruitful one, is, because they find it easier for themselves to pursue their observations through an uniform and bounded walk of art, than to comprehend the vast and various extent of nature.
Page 31 - IN a right-angled triangle, if a perpendicular be drawn from the right angle to the base, the triangles on each side of it are similar to the whole triangle, and to one another.
Page 74 - In any right-angled triangle, the square which is described on the side subtending the right angle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the sides which contain the right angle.
Page 69 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, • called degrees, each degree into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds, etc.