...have been unable to solve. The absurdity is apparent. One can only echo the words of Professor Perry: 'Surely it is an abominable thing to maintain the...because Euclid, being ignorant, did not use it.'" This elementary text-book of inductive geometry is intended for beginners and leads the pupil, as far...

...reference to the separation of geometry and mensuration may be applied to the whole question. He says, "Surely, it is an abominable thing to maintain the present artificial distinction between mensuration and geometry, and to scorn arithmetic, which we know, because Euclid, being ignorant, did...

...reference to the separation of geometry and mensuration may be applied to the whole question. He says, "Surely, it is an abominable thing to maintain the present artificial distinction between mensuration and geometry, and to scorn arithmetic, which we know, because Euclid, being ignorant, did...

...formula and proved (when the proofs are easy) as part of the geometrical work. Surely, it is absurd to maintain the present artificial distinction between...they are both really the same and to scorn arithmetic and algebra, simply because Euclid was quite ignorant of these branches of mathematics. Were it not...