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" Lines drawn upon paper or upon the blackboard are not geometrical lines, since they have breadth and thickness. They represent geometrical lines. 25. A straight line is the shortest distance from one point to another point. 26. A curved line changes its... "
The Werner Arithmetic: Oral and Written - Page 19
by Frank H. Hall - 1898
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Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry: With Notes

Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1822 - 394 pages
...breadth. The extremities of a line are called points : a point, therefore, occupies no space. III. A straight line is the shortest distance from one point to another. IV. Every line, which is not straight, or composed of straight lines, is a curve line. Thus, AB is...
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Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry

Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1836 - 394 pages
...called points : a point, therefore, has neither length, breadth, nor thickness, but position only. 3. A straight line is the shortest distance from one point to another. 4. Every line which is not straight, or composed of straight lines, is a curved line. Thus, AB is a...
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A complete, scientific, and popular treatise upon perspective, with the ...

Complete, scientific and popular treatise - 1836 - 230 pages
...extremities are called points. FIG. 3. The place where two lines meet is also called a point. FIG. 2. A straight line is the shortest distance from one point to another. FIG. 4. A broken line is composed of straight lines. FIG. 5. A curved line is neither straight nor...
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Elements of Surveying: With a Description of the Instruments and the ...

Charles Davies - Surveying - 1839 - 376 pages
...dimensions, length, breadth, height, or thickness. 2 A line is lengh without breadth, or thickness. 3. A straight line is the shortest distance from one point to another. 4. Every line which is not straight, or composed of straight lines, is a curved line. 3B Thus, AB is...
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Elements of Surveying: With a Description of the Instruments and the ...

Charles Davies - Surveying - 1839 - 376 pages
...called points : a point, therefore, has neither length, breadth, nor thicknessj but position only. 3. A straight line is the shortest distance from one point to another. 4. Every line which is not straight, or composed of straight lines, is a curved line. ' Thus, AB is...
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First Lessons in Geometry: With Practical Applications in Mensuration, and ...

Charles Davies - Geometrical drawing - 1840 - 262 pages
...Extremities of a Line are called points ; and any place between the extremities, is also called a point. 3. A Straight Line, is the shortest distance from one point to another. Thus, AB is a straight line, and the shortest distance from A to B. 4. A Curve Line, is one which changes...
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Elements of Surveying, and Navigation: With a Description of the Instruments ...

Charles Davies - Navigation - 1841 - 414 pages
...called points : a point, therefore, has neither length, breadth, nor thickness, but position only. 3. A straight line is the shortest distance from one point to another. 4. Every line which is not straight, or composed of straight lines, is a curved line. Thus, AB is a...
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Elements of Geometry: On the Basis of Dr. Brewster's Legendre : to which is ...

James Bates Thomson - Geometry - 1844 - 268 pages
...with another, are called pfints. A point, then, is that which has position, but occupies no space. 5. A straight line is the shortest distance from one point to another. 6. Every line, which is not straight, or composed of straight lines, is a curve line. VB Thus, AB is...
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Elements of Drawing and Mensuration Applied to the Mechanic Arts: A Book for ...

Charles Davies - Geometrical drawing - 1846 - 254 pages
...points ; and any place between the extremities, is also called a point. 3. What is a straight line ? A Straight Line, is the shortest distance from one point to another. Thus, AB is a straight line, and the shortest distance from A to B. 4. What is a curve line ? A Curve...
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Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry Translated from the French of A.M ...

Charles Davies - Trigonometry - 1849 - 372 pages
...length, breadth, nor thickness, but position only. 2. A line is length without breadth, or thickness. 3. A straight line is the shortest distance from one point to another. 4. Every line which is not straight, or composed of straight lines, is a curved line. Thus, AB is a...
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