Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, with a Supplement on the Quadrature of the Circle and the Geometry of Solids ; to which are Added Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry |
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... magnitude , from nothing upwards ) , and yet it may in many cases be a problem of extreme difficulty to as- sign the height of such a solid , and actually to exhibit it . Now , this very supposition , that on a given base a solid of a ...
... magnitude , from nothing upwards ) , and yet it may in many cases be a problem of extreme difficulty to as- sign the height of such a solid , and actually to exhibit it . Now , this very supposition , that on a given base a solid of a ...
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... magnitude * , " ( See " A Notes . ) A line is length without breadth . II . " COROLLARY . The extremities of a line are points ; and the inter- " sections of one line with another are also points . " III . " If two lines are such that ...
... magnitude * , " ( See " A Notes . ) A line is length without breadth . II . " COROLLARY . The extremities of a line are points ; and the inter- " sections of one line with another are also points . " III . " If two lines are such that ...
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... Magnitudes which coincide with one another , that is , which exactly fill the same space , are equal to one another . IX . The whole is greater than its part . Χ . All right angles are equal to one another . XI . " Two straight lines ...
... Magnitudes which coincide with one another , that is , which exactly fill the same space , are equal to one another . IX . The whole is greater than its part . Χ . All right angles are equal to one another . XI . " Two straight lines ...
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... magnitudes , signi- " fies that those magnitudes are to be added together , and the sign " -placed between them , signifies that the latter is to be taken away " from the former . " " The sign = signifies , that the things between which ...
... magnitudes , signi- " fies that those magnitudes are to be added together , and the sign " -placed between them , signifies that the latter is to be taken away " from the former . " " The sign = signifies , that the things between which ...
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... magnitudes of any " kind . The letters m , n , p , q , are used to denote numbers only . " 2. The sign + ( plus ) , written between two letters , that denote " magnitudes or numbers , signifies the sum of those magnitudes or " numbers ...
... magnitudes of any " kind . The letters m , n , p , q , are used to denote numbers only . " 2. The sign + ( plus ) , written between two letters , that denote " magnitudes or numbers , signifies the sum of those magnitudes or " numbers ...
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