 | Euclides - 1883 - 176 pages
...quadrilateral, or any two angles of a polygon not consecutive. 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. 3. That... | |
 | Euclid, Isaac Todhunter - Euclid's Elements - 1883 - 428 pages
...be convenient if this restriction were universally adopted.] 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 : 3. And... | |
 | Mathematical association - 1883 - 86 pages
...Two straight lines that have two points in common lie wholly POSTULATES. Let it be granted that 1. A straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. 2. A terminated straight line may be produced to any length in • a straight line. 3. A circle... | |
 | Euclides - 1884 - 182 pages
...'Postulates,' which is from a Latin word postulo, I demand. 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. 3. And... | |
 | Euclides - 1884 - 214 pages
...Postulate 3. A circle may be described from any centre and at any distance from that centre. Postulate 2. A straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. Definition 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line which is called the circumference... | |
 | Mathematical association - 1884 - 146 pages
...straight line parallel to a given straight line. POSTULATES OF CONSTRUCTION. Let it be granted that 1. A straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. 2. A terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. 3. A circle... | |
 | Stewart W. and co - 1884 - 272 pages
...CO. / ;f. Stctefs Specific Subjects. ZEJTJOLIID. [FIBST YEAE.] 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. That... | |
 | Euclides - 1884 - 434 pages
...ABCD. sides \ Book I.] DEFINITIONS, POSTULATES, AXIOMS. 11 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 either way. 3. That a circle... | |
 | Association for the improvement of geometrical teaching - Geometry, Modern - 1884 - 150 pages
...This Convention is embodied in the following POSTULATES OF CONSTRUCTION. Let it be granted that 1. A straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. 2. A terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. 3. A circle... | |
 | H. Freeman Wood - Police - 1888 - 412 pages
...a straight line equal to BC. From the point A to B draw the straight line AB. Postulate 1 says that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point ; so that I at once go on to describe upon it the equilateral triangle DAB., producing the straight... | |
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LET it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. 
