 | J. Stevenson Bushnan - 1854 - 268 pages
...truths — also such propositions as that, when equals are taken from equals, equals remain ; that things which are equal to the same are equal to one another ; that things which are doubles or halves of the same, are equal to one another; that twice four are... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1855 - 386 pages
...of Music called " sliding from the close or cadence." In like manner, the Mathematical Postulate, " those things which are equal to the same, are equal to one another," is Conformable to the construction of the Syllogism in Logic; for it unites those Terms which agree in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Science - 1855 - 388 pages
...of Music called "sliding from the close or cadence." In like manner, the Mathematical Postulate, " those things which are equal to the same, are equal to one another," is Conformable to the construction of the Syllogism in Logic; for it unites those Terms which agree in... | |
 | Robert Potts - Scholarships - 1855 - 588 pages
...that the evidence of the conclusion is manifest.—Dr Whewett. 199. The mathematical postulate, that " things which are equal to the same are equal to one another," is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term.—Bacon.... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 1050 pages
...that the evidence of the conclusion is manifest.—Dr Whewell. 199. The mathematical postulate, that " things which are equal to the same are equal to one another," is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term.—Bacon.... | |
 | 1855 - 424 pages
...art equal to ta<A other. (Euclid 11, 5.) This is nothing more than an application of the axiom, that things which are equal to the same are equal to one another. And с : d : : m : n 2. If a :.* : : m : я And m : n : : с : d Cor. If a : 6 : : m : я l m : п>... | |
 | Edward Tagart - Hume, David, 1711-1776 - 1855 - 524 pages
...of nature and fact. In mathematical reasoning, no axiom is more constantly employed than this — ' things which are equal to the same are equal to one another.' Are the ideas of equality and inequality in the mind of a child before things have been observed, measured,... | |
 | Robert Potts - Scholarships - 1855 - 588 pages
...that the evidence of the conclusion is manifest.—Dr Whewell. 199. The mathematical postulate, that " things which are equal to the same are equal to one another, 1 ' is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term.—Bacon.... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1857 - 612 pages
...similar to that of music termed the declining of a cadence. Again; the mathematical postulate, that "things which are equal to the same are equal to one another," is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term. Lastly:... | |
 | James Yates - Decimal system - 1858 - 100 pages
...differences must exist in all attempts to compare the lengths of different objects. Euclid's axiom, " Things, which are equal to the same, are equal to one another," is strictly true only of mathematical lines and other imaginary quantities. In practice it is sufficient,... | |
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Again ; the mathematical postulate, that " things which are equal to the same are equal to one another," is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term. 
