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" Componendo, by composition ; when there are four proportionals, and it is inferred that the first together with the second, is to the second, as the third together with the fourth, is to the fourth. "
Elements of Geometry and Plane Trigonometry: With an Appendix, and Copious ... - Page 137
by Sir John Leslie - 1817 - 432 pages
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Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, with a ...

John Playfair - Mathematics - 1806 - 320 pages
...this book. XV. Invertendo, by inversion : when there are four proportionals, and it is inferred, that the second is to the first as the fourth to the third. Prop. A. book 5. XVI. Componendo, by composition : when there are four proportionals, and it is inferred,...
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The Elements of Euclid: The Errors, by which Theon, Or Others, Have Long Ago ...

Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1806 - 548 pages
...5th book. XIV. Invertendo, by inversion ; when there are four proportionals, and it is inferred, that the second is to the first as the fourth to the third. Prop. B, book 5. XV. Componendo, by composition ; when there are four proportionals, and it is inferred,...
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Elements of Geometry, Geometrical Analysis, and Plane Trigonometry ...

Sir John Leslie - Geometry, Analytic - 1809 - 542 pages
...is not affected, by transposing or interchanging its extreme and mean terms. On this principle, is founded the two following theorems. PROP. VII. THEOR....and BC still obtains. PROP. VIII. THEOR. Numbers are likewise proportional by alternation, or the first is to the third as the second to the fourth. Let...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopędia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 5

John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...Book V. 14. Invertendo, by inversion: when there are four proportionals, and it is inferred, tliat the se-cond is to the first, as the fourth to the third. Prop. B. Book V. 15. Componendo, by composition, »hen there are four proportional», and it is inferred,...
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The Elements of Euclid: Viz. the First Six Books, Together with the Eleventh ...

Euclides - 1816 - 592 pages
...5th book. XIV. Invertendo by inversion ; when there are four proportionals, and it is inferred, that the second is to the first, as the fourth to the third. Prop. B. Book 5. XV. Componendo, by composition; when there are four proportionals, and it is ini'erred,...
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Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid: With a ...

John Playfair - 1819 - 354 pages
...this Book. XV. Invertendo, by inversion : When there are four proportionals, and it is inferred, that the second is to the first, as the fourth to the third. Prop. A. Book 5. XVI. C.omponendo, by composition : When there are four proportionals, and it is inferred,...
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The Elements of geometry [Euclid book 1-3] in general terms, with notes &c ...

Euclides - 1821 - 294 pages
...the 5th Book. 15. By invertendo ; when it is concluded that if there be four magnitudes proportional, the second is to the first as the fourth to the third. Note. Here the antecedent is made consequent, and the consequent antecedent. If A : B : : C : D then...
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Euclid's Elements of Geometry: The Six First Books. To which are Added ...

Rev. John Allen - Astronomy - 1822 - 508 pages
...16 prop, of t.his book. 17- Inverting; when it is inferred, if four magnitudes be proportional, that the second is to the first, as the fourth to the third ; as is shewn in Thcor. 3 at 15th of this book18. Compounding; when it is inferred, if four magnitudes...
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The First Six Books with Notes

Euclid - 1822 - 216 pages
...proved in Prop. 33. B. 5. 15. By inversion, when we inter that if there be four magnitudes proportional, the second is to the first as the fourth to the third. Prop. 20. 16. By composition, when we infer that if there be four magnitudes proportional, the sum...
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Universal Technological Dictionary: Or, Familiar Explanations of ..., Volume 2

George Crabb - Industrial arts - 1823 - 732 pages
...to C, fig. 32, being the same as B to D, the proportion is alternate. — Inverse proportion is when the second is to the first as the fourth to the third, ie B to A as D to C. — Compound proportion is when the first, together with the second, is to the...
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