| Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 530 pages
...of the word, followed by an assumption of a mathematical property under the shape of an axiom. Thus a straight line is " that which lies evenly between its extreme points ;" while the real definition, or distinction between straightness and every thing else is contained... | |
| Robert Potts - 1868 - 434 pages
...straight line is that which lies evenly between its extreme poin'.s. V. A superficies is that which has only length and breadth. VI. The extremities of a superficies are lines. VII. A plane superficies is that in which any two points being taken, the straight line between them... | |
| Septimus Tebay - Measurement - 1868 - 168 pages
...has no magnitude. 2. A line is length without breadth. 3. The extremities of a line are points. 4. A straight line is that which lies evenly between its extreme points. 5. A superficies is that which has length and breadth. 6. A plane superficies is that in which any... | |
| Henry Major - Student teachers - 1873 - 580 pages
...parts, or no magnitude. II. A line is length without breadth. HI. Points are the extremities of a line. TV. A straight line is that which lies evenly between its extreme points. V. A superficies has only length and breadth. VI. The extremities of a superficies are lines. VII. A plain superficies... | |
| Euclides - 1874 - 120 pages
...has no magnitude. 2. A line is length without breadth. 3. The extremities of a line are points. 4. A straight line is that which lies evenly between its extreme points. 5. A superficies is that which has only length and breadth. 6. The extremities of a superficies are... | |
| Euclides - 1874 - 342 pages
...has no magnitude. 2. A line is length without breadth. 3. The extremities of a line are points. 4. A straight line is that which lies evenly between its extreme points. 6. A superficies is that which has only length and breadth. 6. The extremities of superficies are lines.... | |
| Robert Potts - Geometry - 1876 - 446 pages
...has no magnitude. n. A line is length without breadth. IIL The extremities of a line are points. IV. A straight line is that which lies evenly between its extreme points. ..,).,•;,.. 7A superficies is' that which has only length and breadth. ' VL The extremities of a... | |
| Edward Atkins - 1876 - 130 pages
...but not magnitude. 2. A line is length without breadth. 3. The extremities of a line are points. 4. A straight line is that -which lies evenly between its extreme points. 5. A superficies (or surface) is that which has only length and breadth. 6. The extremities of a superficies... | |
| Edward Atkins - 1877 - 72 pages
...but not magnitude. 2. A line is length -without breadth. 3. The extremities of a line are points. 4. A straight line is that which lies evenly between its extreme points. 5. A superficies (or surface) is that which has only length and breadth. 6. The extremities of a superficies... | |
| Euclides - 1879 - 146 pages
...extremities of lines are points. [It is clear that the intersections of lines are also points.] 4. A straight line is that which lies evenly between its extreme points. [When the direction of a line is known, the line is said to be given in position ; also when its length... | |
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