 | Edward Augustus Kendall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1811 - 516 pages
...to one another." A proposition is something proposed either to he done or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem. A problem is something proposed to be done, of •which the following are examples. Ex. 1. To divide a given line, as AB, into two equal parts... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 458 pages
...to one another." A proposition is something proposed either to be done or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem. A problem is something proposed to be done, of which the following are examples. Ex. 1. To divide a given line, as AB, into two equal parts : Plate... | |
 | Great Britain. Admiralty - Geometry - 1846 - 128 pages
...angles. A proposition is something either proposed to he done, or to he demonstrated, and iseither a problem or a theorem. A problem is something proposed to be done; as the construction of a figure, &c. A theorem is something proposed to be demonstrated. A corollary... | |
 | Great Britain. Admiralty - Geometry - 1846 - 128 pages
...angles. A proposition is something either proposed to be done, or to be demonstrated, and iseither a problem or a theorem. A problem is something proposed to be done; as the construction of a figure, &c. A theorem is something proposed to be demonstrated. A corollary... | |
 | Nehemiah Hawkins - Steam engineering - 1901 - 354 pages
...demonstration, A Proposition is something which is either proposed to be done, or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem. A Problem is something...Theorem is something proposed to be demonstrated. A Hijpothesis is a supposition made with a view to draw from it some consequence which establishes the... | |
 | Nehemiah Hawkins - Mechanical drawing - 1902 - 328 pages
...demonstration. A Proposition is something which is either proposed to be done, or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem. A Problem is something proposed to be done. A Tlieorcm is something proposed to be demonstrated. A Hypotliesis is a supposition made with a view... | |
 | Nehemiah Hawkins - Mechanical drawing - 1903 - 328 pages
...demonstration. A Proposition is something which is either proposed to be done, or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem. A Problem is something...Theorem is something proposed to be demon'strated. A Hypothesis is a supposition made with a view to draw from it some consequence which establishes the... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit - Measurement - 1859 - 482 pages
...something proposed to be demonstrated ; or it is a truth stated, and requires proof or demonstration. 56. A corollary is a consequent truth, gained from some preceding truth or demonstration. • 57. Things which are equal to the same thing, are equal to each other. 58. When equals are added... | |
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An Axiom is a self-evident truth, not only too simple to require, but too simple to admit of demonstration. A Proposition is something which is either proposed to be done, or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem. A Problem is something... 