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" AXIOMS. 1. Things which are equal to the same thing are equal to one another. 2. If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal. 3. If equals be taken from equals, the remainders are equal. "
The New Practical Builder and Workman's Companion, Containing a Full Display ... - Page 15
by Peter Nicholson - 1823 - 596 pages
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Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science, Volume 2

RĂ©gis Morelon - Science - 1996 - 430 pages
...with each other. These axioms are as follows: 1. Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another. 2. If equals be added to equals the wholes are equaL 3. If equals be subtracted from equals, the remainders are equaL 4. Things which coincide...
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Foundations and Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics

Howard Whitley Eves - Mathematics - 1997 - 370 pages
...together less than two right angles. Common notions 1. Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another. 2. If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equaL 3. If equals be subtracted from equals, the remainders are equaL 4. Things which coincide...
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Episodes from the Early History of Mathematics, Volume 13

Asger Aaboe - History - 1963 - 154 pages
...less than the two right angles. Common Notions. 1. Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another. 2. If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal. 3. If equals be subtracted from equals, the remainders are equal. 4. Things which coincide...
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Geometry: Plane and Fancy

David A. Singer - Mathematics - 1998 - 176 pages
...I quote from [18], pp. 154-155: COMMON NOTIONS 1. Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another. 2. If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal. 3. If equals be subtracted from equals, the remainders are equal. 4. Things which coincide...
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Space from Zeno to Einstein: Classic Readings with a Contemporary Commentary

Nick Huggett - Philosophy - 1999 - 292 pages
...less than the two right angles. Common Notions 1. Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another. 2. If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal. 3. If equals be subtracted from equals, the remainders are equal. 4. Things which coincide...
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Geometry Civilized: History, Culture, and Technique

J. L. Heilbron - History - 2000 - 344 pages
...Table 2.3.2. Table 2.3.2 Euclid's common notions l. Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another. 2. If equals be added to equals- the wholes are equal. 3. If equals be subtracted from equals. the remainders are equal. 4. Things which coincide...
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A Course in Modern Geometries

Judith Cederberg - Mathematics - 2004 - 472 pages
...than the two right angles. The Common Notions 1. Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another. 2. If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal. 3. If equals be subtracted from equals, the remainders are equal. 4. Things which coincide...
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God and Reason in the Middle Ages

Edward Grant - Education - 2001 - 412 pages
...Sir Thomas L. Heath's translation, Euclid has (1) "Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another"; (2) "If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal"; and (3) "If equals be subtracted from equals, the remainders are equal." See The Thirteen...
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Mathematics and Its History

John Stillwell - Mathematics - 2004 - 576 pages
...less than the two right angles. Common Notions 1 . Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another. 2. If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal. 3. If equals be subtracted from equals, the remainders are equal. 4. Things which coincide...
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Geometry: Our Cultural Heritage

Audun Holme - Mathematics - 2002 - 408 pages
...the following: Euclid's Common Notions or Axioms 1. Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another. 2. If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal. 3. If equals be subtracted from equals, the remainders are equal. 4. Things which coincide...
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