 | Euclides - 1862 - 172 pages
...EUCLID. BOOK I. DEFINITIONS. I. A POINT is that which hath no parts, or which hath no magnitude. II. A line is length without breadth. III. The extremities of a line are points. IV. A straight line ia that which lies evenly between its extreme points. V. A superficies is that which hath only length... | |
 | Elphinstone Waters Begbie - Shooting, Military - 1862 - 96 pages
...so as to form a pike for the soldier. 9. It is an imaginary line along the centre of the barrel. 10. A straight line is that which lies evenly between its extreme points, and a line is length without breadth. 11. No; for although we may draw lines for all practical purposes,... | |
 | Euclides - 1862 - 140 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 - 1864 - 262 pages
...POINT is that which has no parts, or which has no magnitude. II. A line is length without breadth. m. The extremities of a line are points. IV. A straight...lines. VII. A plane superficies is that in which any *wo points being taken, the straight line between them lies wholly in that superficies. VIII. A plane... | |
 | Euclides - 1864 - 448 pages
...GEOMETRY. BOOK I. DEFINITIONS. L A POINT is that which has no parts, or which has no magnitude. II. A line is length without breadth. III. The extremities...breadth. VI. The extremities of a superficies are lines. vn. A plane superficies is that in which any +wo points being taken, the straight line between them... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1865 - 528 pages
...POINT is that which has no parts, or which- has no magnitude. n. A line is length without breadth. m. The extremities of a line are points. IV. A straight...breadth. VI. The extremities of a superficies are lines. vn. A plane superficies is that in which any two points being taken, the straight line between them... | |
 | Euclides - 1865 - 402 pages
...EUCLID. BOOK L DEFINITIONS. I. A POINT is that which hath no parts, or which ha!h no magnitude. II. A line is length without breadth. III. The extremities...its extreme points. V. A superficies is that which hath only length and breadth. VI. The extremities of a superficies are lines. VII. A plane superficies... | |
 | Walter Marsham Adams - 1866 - 114 pages
...each three consecutive points is equal to the negative. And this is what is meant by the definition : "A straight line is that which lies evenly between its extreme points." CHAPTER XI. THE STKAIGHT LINE CONTINUED. SINCE the law of motion in a straight line fixes the third... | |
 | Edward Clarke Lowe - 1866 - 172 pages
...or 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 super/ides is that which hath only length and breadth. 6. The extremities of a superficies are... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 526 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 straightuess and every thing eke ia contained... | |
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A plane superficies is that in which any two points being taken, the straight line between them lies wholly in that superficies. VIII. A plane angle is the inclination of two lines to each other in a plane, which meet together, but are not in the same... 
