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V. The first of four magnitudes is faid to have the fame ratio to the fecond , which the third has to the fourth , when any equimultiples whatsoever of the first and third being taken , and any equimultiples whatfoever of the fecond and ...
V. The first of four magnitudes is faid to have the fame ratio to the fecond , which the third has to the fourth , when any equimultiples whatsoever of the first and third being taken , and any equimultiples whatfoever of the fecond and ...
Page 120
Book V. See Ne or , if the multiple of the first be greater than that of the fecond , the multiple of the third is alfo greater than that of the fourth . VI . Magnitudes which have the fame ratio are called proportionals , N. B. When ...
Book V. See Ne or , if the multiple of the first be greater than that of the fecond , the multiple of the third is alfo greater than that of the fourth . VI . Magnitudes which have the fame ratio are called proportionals , N. B. When ...
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Permutando , or alternando , by permutation , or alternately ; See N. this word is ufed when there are four proportionals , and it is inferred , that the first has the same ratio to the third , which the fecond has to the fourth ; or ...
Permutando , or alternando , by permutation , or alternately ; See N. this word is ufed when there are four proportionals , and it is inferred , that the first has the same ratio to the third , which the fecond has to the fourth ; or ...
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Book V. fecond , as the third to its excefs above the fourth : Prop . E. book 5 . XVIII . Ex aequali ( fc . diftantia ) , or ex aequo , from equality of di- ftance ; when there is any number of magnitudes more than two , and as many ...
Book V. fecond , as the third to its excefs above the fourth : Prop . E. book 5 . XVIII . Ex aequali ( fc . diftantia ) , or ex aequo , from equality of di- ftance ; when there is any number of magnitudes more than two , and as many ...
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THEOR F the first magnitude be the fame multiple of the fe- cond that the third is of the fourth , and the fifth the fame multiple of the fecond that the fixth is of the fourth ; then fhall the first together with the fifth be the fame ...
THEOR F the first magnitude be the fame multiple of the fe- cond that the third is of the fourth , and the fifth the fame multiple of the fecond that the fixth is of the fourth ; then fhall the first together with the fifth be the fame ...
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