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" Let it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. "
The philosophical and mathematical commentaries of Proclus ... on the first ... - Page 6
by Proclus (Diadochus.) - 1789
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Elements of Geometry: On the Basis of Dr. Brewster's Legendre : to which is ...

James Bates Thomson - Geometry - 1844 - 268 pages
...axioms are self-evident theorems. Geometers usually enumerate three postulates. 1. That a straight line may be drawn from any one point, to any other point. 2. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. 3. That any circle...
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Euclid's Elements of geometry [book 1-6, 11,12] with explanatory notes ...

Euclides - 1845 - 546 pages
...straight line joining two of its opposite angles. POSTULATES. I. LET it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. II. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. III. And that a circle may be described...
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Euclid in Paragraphs: The Elements of Euclid: Containing the First Six Books ...

Euclid - Geometry - 1845 - 218 pages
...being produced ever so far both ways, do not meet. POSTULATES. I. Let it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. II. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. III. And that a circle may be described...
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The First Six, and the Eleventh and Twelfth Books of Euclid's Elements: With ...

Euclid, James Thomson - Geometry - 1845 - 382 pages
...divided by a diameter, that are called semicircles. POSTULATES* 1. Let it be granted, that a straight line may be drawn from any one point, to any other point : f 2. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line : , 3. That...
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The Elements of Geometry, Symbolically Arranged

Great Britain. Admiralty - Geometry - 1846 - 128 pages
...being produced ever so far both ways, do not meet. POSTULATES. I. Let it be granted, that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. II. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. III. AXIOMS. I. Things which are equal...
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The Elements of Geometry, Symbolically Arranged

Great Britain. Admiralty - Geometry - 1846 - 128 pages
...being produced ever so i both ways, do not meet. POSTULATES. I. Let it be granted, that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. II. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. III. AXIOMS. I. Things which are equal...
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The Elements of Euclid, the parts read in the University of Cambridge [book ...

Euclides - 1846 - 292 pages
...being produced ever so far both ways, do not meet. POSTULATESLet it be granted, i. That a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point : n. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line : in. That a...
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The first book of Euclid's Elements, simplified, explained and illustrated ...

Euclides - 1847 - 128 pages
...being produced ever so far both ways, do not meet. POSTULATES. Let it be granted, 1. That a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point : 2. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line : and 3. That...
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Lexicon Scientiarum: A Dictionary of Terms Used in the Various Branches of ...

Henry McMurtrie - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1847 - 268 pages
...POS'TULATE, Geom., Lat., postulare, to demand. Something assumed or taken for granted, as that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. POTAS'SIUM, Chem., Pot-ashes, so called from the pot or vessel in which they are made. A Metal obtained...
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The definitions, postulates, axioms, and enunciations of the propositions of ...

Euclides - 1848 - 52 pages
...straight line joining two of its opposite angles. POSTULATES. I. LET it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. II. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. HI. And that a circle may be described...
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