The Doctrine of Proportion Clearly Developed: On a Comprehensive, Original, and Very Easy System; Or, The Fifth Book of Euclid Simplified |
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... propositions on proportion to be true , when the magnitudes are commensurable . The fact , that those demonstrations do not ... Proposition XVIII , in his edition of Euclid , falls into an egregious error , as he employs alternation to ...
... propositions on proportion to be true , when the magnitudes are commensurable . The fact , that those demonstrations do not ... Proposition XVIII , in his edition of Euclid , falls into an egregious error , as he employs alternation to ...
Page xiv
... their relations to one another ; for it is admirable to see how the parallel propositions agree , although ma- naged by means essentially different . To thoroughly understand the doctrine of proportion , it should first be xiv.
... their relations to one another ; for it is admirable to see how the parallel propositions agree , although ma- naged by means essentially different . To thoroughly understand the doctrine of proportion , it should first be xiv.
Page xv
... proposition faithfully , relieve the mind to contemplate the absolute quantities . But the symbols used in geometry must be considered not only as appropriate emblems of the quantities themselves , but also as expressive ; and not as ...
... proposition faithfully , relieve the mind to contemplate the absolute quantities . But the symbols used in geometry must be considered not only as appropriate emblems of the quantities themselves , but also as expressive ; and not as ...
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... m is the same multiple of O is of ( according to the hypothesis ) ; is taken the same multiple of 3080080 .. ( according to the third proposition ) , is the same mult . of that M DPO is or O. of Therefore , if M m is , then M m 18.
... m is the same multiple of O is of ( according to the hypothesis ) ; is taken the same multiple of 3080080 .. ( according to the third proposition ) , is the same mult . of that M DPO is or O. of Therefore , if M m is , then M m 18.
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... part of therefore that is of is the same multiple of O that is of O. Therefore , by the preceding case , and O :: :: 0 by proposition B. .. If the first be the same multiple , & c . ᄆᄆ PROP . D. THEO . If the first be to 20.
... part of therefore that is of is the same multiple of O that is of O. Therefore , by the preceding case , and O :: :: 0 by proposition B. .. If the first be the same multiple , & c . ᄆᄆ PROP . D. THEO . If the first be to 20.
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Page 10 - The first of four magnitudes is said to have the same ratio to the second, which the third has to the fourth, when any...
Page 2 - Ratio is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind, the comparison being made by considering what multiple, part, or parts, one quantity is of the other.
Page 58 - IF there be any number of magnitudes, and as many others, which, taken two and two, in a cross order, have the same ratio; the first shall have to the last of the first magnitudes the same ratio which the first of the others has to the last. NB This is usually cited by the words
Page 62 - If there be any number of magnitudes, and as many others, which, taken two and two in order, have the same ratio ; the first shall have to the last of the first magnitudes, the same ratio which the first of the others has to the last. NB This is usually cited by the words "ex sequali,
Page 18 - IF the first be the same multiple of the second, or the same part of it, that the third is of the fourth ; the first is to the second, as the third is to the fourth...
Page 32 - THAT magnitude which has a greater ratio than another has to the same magnitude, is the greater of the two : and that magnitude, to which the same has a greater ratio than it has to another magnitude, is the less of the two.
Page 21 - IF the first be to the second as the third to the fourth, and if the first be a multiple, or part of the second; the third is the same multiple, or the same part of the fourth...
Page 55 - IF there be three magnitudes, and other three, which, taken two and two, have the same ratio ; if the first be greater than the third, the fourth shall be greater than the sixth ; and if equal, equal ; and if less, less...
Page 14 - IF one magnitude be the same multiple of another, which a magnitude taken from the first is of a magnitude taken from the other ; the remainder shall be the same multiple of the remainder, that the whole is of the whole.
Page 73 - L : and the same thing is to be understood when it is more briefly expressed, by saying A has to D the ratio compounded of the ratios of E to F, G to H, and K to L. In like manner, the same things being supposed, if M has to N the same ratio which A has to D ; then, for shortness...