Euclid's Elements of Geometry: The Six First Books. To which are Added, Elements of Plain and Spherical Trigonometry, a System of Conick Sections, Elements of Natural Philosophy, as Far as it Relates to Astronomy, According to the Newtonian System, and Elements of Astronomy: with Notes |
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Page vii
... bodies , which , by their beauty , order and fitness to answer the purposes for which they appear to have been formed , speak aloud the in- finite wisdom , power and goodness of their Almighty Creator ; the heavens , as the psalmist ...
... bodies , which , by their beauty , order and fitness to answer the purposes for which they appear to have been formed , speak aloud the in- finite wisdom , power and goodness of their Almighty Creator ; the heavens , as the psalmist ...
Page xi
... bodies move in these figures , they have acquired additional im- portance , as the knowledge of their properties becomes highly- useful in astronomy , and the moderns have almost universally fallen into the mode of defining them from ...
... bodies move in these figures , they have acquired additional im- portance , as the knowledge of their properties becomes highly- useful in astronomy , and the moderns have almost universally fallen into the mode of defining them from ...
Page 439
... bodies or things , is called the Universe . Though it is by no means the intention of this little tract to enter into the business of Natural Philosophy , farther than may be necessary to explain the motions of the heavenly bodies , and ...
... bodies or things , is called the Universe . Though it is by no means the intention of this little tract to enter into the business of Natural Philosophy , farther than may be necessary to explain the motions of the heavenly bodies , and ...
Page 440
... bodies which can neither be increased or diminished , and which are found in all bodies on which we can make experiments , are to be reputed qualities of all bodies what- ever . Such as the extension , hardiness , impenetrability ...
... bodies which can neither be increased or diminished , and which are found in all bodies on which we can make experiments , are to be reputed qualities of all bodies what- ever . Such as the extension , hardiness , impenetrability ...
Page 441
... body of double the quantity of matter , with an equal velocity , is double , and with a double velocity , four - fold . And ever so small a power may be made to move ever so great a weight ; namely , by making the velocity of the power ...
... body of double the quantity of matter , with an equal velocity , is double , and with a double velocity , four - fold . And ever so small a power may be made to move ever so great a weight ; namely , by making the velocity of the power ...
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Page 40 - Therefore all the interior angles of the figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 430 - Lastly, if it universally appears, by experiments and astronomical observations, that all bodies about the earth gravitate towards the earth, and that in proportion to the quantity of matter which they severally contain: that the moon likewise, according to the quantity of its matter, gravitates towards the earth; that, on the other hand, our sea gravitates towards the moon; and all the planets mutually one towards another; and the comets in like manner towards the sun...
Page 13 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Page 116 - To describe an isosceles triangle, having each of the angles at the base double of the third angle.
Page 432 - A stone, whirled about in a sling, endeavors to recede from the hand that turns it; and by that endeavor, distends the sling, and that with so much the greater force, as it is revolved with the greater velocity, and as soon as it is let go, flies away.
Page 376 - ... figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has be divided into as many triangles as the figure has sides, by drawing straight lines from a point F within the figure to each of its angles.
Page 461 - In a parabola, the velocity of a body at any distance from the focus is to the velocity of a body revolving in a circle, at the same distance...
Page 436 - Whatever draws or presses another is as much drawn or pressed by that other. If you press a stone with your finger, the finger is also pressed by the stone. If a horse draws a stone tied to a rope, the horse (if I may so say...
Page 127 - D, is said to be Compounded of the ratios of the first to the second, of the second to the third, and so on to the last.
Page 106 - A rectilineal figure is said to be described about a circle, when each side of the circumscribed figure touches the circumference of the circle. 5. In like manner, a circle is said to be inscribed...