The First Six Books: Together with the Eleventh and TwelfthJ. Balfour, 1781 - 520 pages |
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Page 235
... other let GQ be one of the infifting lines . And because the folid parallelepipeds AB , CD have the same alti- tude , they are to one another as the bafe AE is to the base CF ; " Book XI ₫ 28. 11 . CF ; wherefore the OF EUCLID . 235.
... other let GQ be one of the infifting lines . And because the folid parallelepipeds AB , CD have the same alti- tude , they are to one another as the bafe AE is to the base CF ; " Book XI ₫ 28. 11 . CF ; wherefore the OF EUCLID . 235.
Page 272
... same with that of the See N. B H F G cone , is greater than the third part E of the cylinder . But this pyramid is the third part of the prifm upon the fame bafe AEBFCGDH , and of the fame altitude with the cylin- der . Therefore this ...
... same with that of the See N. B H F G cone , is greater than the third part E of the cylinder . But this pyramid is the third part of the prifm upon the fame bafe AEBFCGDH , and of the fame altitude with the cylin- der . Therefore this ...
Page 303
... same distance from one another , when the distance of the points of one of them from the other is always the fame . AXIO M. A ftraight line cannot first come nearer to one another straight line , and then go further from it , before it ...
... same distance from one another , when the distance of the points of one of them from the other is always the fame . AXIO M. A ftraight line cannot first come nearer to one another straight line , and then go further from it , before it ...
Page 323
... same " kind with one another . I fay the ratio of the third C to the " fourth D , is either equal to , or greater , or less than the ratio " of the first A to the fecond B. " And after two propofitions premifed as Lemmas , he proceeds ...
... same " kind with one another . I fay the ratio of the third C to the " fourth D , is either equal to , or greater , or less than the ratio " of the first A to the fecond B. " And after two propofitions premifed as Lemmas , he proceeds ...
Page 380
... same with the ratio of AE to CF , either it is greater than the ratio of AE to CF , or , by inverfion , the ratio CD to AB is greater than the ra- tio of CF to AE : First , let the ratio of AB to CD be greater than the ratio of AE to CF ...
... same with the ratio of AE to CF , either it is greater than the ratio of AE to CF , or , by inverfion , the ratio CD to AB is greater than the ra- tio of CF to AE : First , let the ratio of AB to CD be greater than the ratio of AE to CF ...
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