 | William George Spencer - Geometry - 1876 - 118 pages
...that can be given by mechanical lesson-learning. Very truly yours, HERBERT SPEKCIR. INTRODUCTION WHEN it is considered that by geometry the architect constructs our buildings, the civii engineer our railways ; that by a higher kind of geometry, the surveyor makes a map of a county... | |
 | 1894 - 834 pages
...IV. OUTLINE OF MATHEMATICS (CONTINUED). III. SUBDIVISIONS OF PURE MATHEMATICS. j. — Geometry. "WHEN it is considered that by geometry the architect constructs...our railways; that by a higher kind of geometry, the surveyer makes a map •of a county or of a kingdom ; that a geometry still higher is the foundation... | |
 | Paul Henry Hanus - Geometry - 1893 - 76 pages
...enable him to make simple preliminary measurements and save him both time and money. Further, "When it is considered that by geometry the architect constructs...diameter of the globe he lives upon, but as well the size of the sun, moon and planets, and their distances from us and from each other ; when it is considered,... | |
 | Isaac Newton Failor - Geometry - 1904 - 100 pages
...this science is familiar to all. Says William George Spencer, the father of Herbert Spencer: " When it is considered that by geometry the architect constructs...higher kind of geometry, the surveyor makes a map of a country or of a kingdom; that a geometry still higher is the foundation of the noble science of the... | |
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INTRODUCTION. it is considered that by geometry the architect constructs our buildings, the civil engineer our railways; that by a higher kind of geometry, the surveyor makes a map of a county or of a kingdom; that a geometry still higher is the foundation... 