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... a great fault in a text- book . Euclid places all his ... given up we shall lose the advantage of uniformity . Its place will be taken by scores of manuals of Geometry , and examinations in Geo- metry will become impossible . On such a point ...
... a great fault in a text- book . Euclid places all his ... given up we shall lose the advantage of uniformity . Its place will be taken by scores of manuals of Geometry , and examinations in Geo- metry will become impossible . On such a point ...
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... point . I am assured that they experience no such difficulty in examining as we might imagine . It is true that by the loss of Euclid less weight will be given to bookwork , and more to problems , in elementary Geometry ; but surely ...
... point . I am assured that they experience no such difficulty in examining as we might imagine . It is true that by the loss of Euclid less weight will be given to bookwork , and more to problems , in elementary Geometry ; but surely ...
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... a given point to meet a given straight line , the shortest will be the perpendicular ; and of the others , that which is further from the perpendicular will be greater than that which is nearer ; and one , and only one , oblique can be ...
... a given point to meet a given straight line , the shortest will be the perpendicular ; and of the others , that which is further from the perpendicular will be greater than that which is nearer ; and one , and only one , oblique can be ...
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... point in it 41 PROBLEM 3. To bisect a given straight line 42 PROBLEM 4. To draw a perpendicular to a given straight line from a given point without it . 42 PROBLEM 5. To construct a triangle , having given the XX CONTENTS .
... point in it 41 PROBLEM 3. To bisect a given straight line 42 PROBLEM 4. To draw a perpendicular to a given straight line from a given point without it . 42 PROBLEM 5. To construct a triangle , having given the XX CONTENTS .
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James Maurice Wilson. PROBLEM 5. To construct a triangle , having given the lengths of the three sides Three Corollaries . PROBLEM 6. To construct a ... point , the square on the line will be equal to the squares on the two segments together ...
James Maurice Wilson. PROBLEM 5. To construct a triangle , having given the lengths of the three sides Three Corollaries . PROBLEM 6. To construct a ... point , the square on the line will be equal to the squares on the two segments together ...
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AB² ABCD ALGEBRA altitude angle ABC angle AOB ARITHMETIC bisectors bisects the angle BROOKE FOSS WESTCOTT Cambridge centre chord circumference cloth coincide common measure corresponding angles Crown 8vo decagon describe a circle diagonals diameter divided ELEMENTARY equal angles equiangular equivalent Euclid exterior angles Fcap Find the locus four right angles Geometry given angle given circle given line given point given ratio given straight line greater Hence hypothenuse inscribed intersect isosceles triangle less Let ABC magnitudes Mathematical meet middle points opposite sides parallel parallelogram perpendicular PROBLEM Proof proportional prove quadrilateral radius rectangle contained regular polygon respectively equal rhombus right angles right-angled triangle Schools Second Edition segments shew shewn similar similar triangles square subtend tangent Theorem 15 three sides touch TREATISE triangle ABC unequal vertical angle
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