Elements of Synthetic Solid Geometry

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Macmillan, 1893 - Geometry, Solid - 239 pages
 

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Page v - ... public, partly by receiving from a number of Educationists inquiries as to what work on Solid Geometry I would recommend as a sequel to my Plane Geometry, and partly from the high estimate that I have formed of the value of the study of synthetic solid geometry as a means of mental discipline. ... " In this work the subject is carried somewhat farther than is customary in those works in which the subject of solid geometry is appended to that of plane geometry, but the extensions thus made are...
Page v - I have been induced to present the work to the public, partly by receiving from a number of Educationists inquiries as to what work on Solid Geometry I would recommend as a sequel to my Plane Geometry, and partly from the high estimate that I have formed of the value of the study of synthetic solid geometry as a means of mental discipline. ... " In this work the subject is carried somewhat farther than is customary in those works in which the subject of solid geometry is appended to that of plane...
Page 77 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 11 - The projection of a line on a plane is the locus of the projections of all its points.

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