An introduction to the Elements of Euclid, being a familiar explanation of the first twelve propositions of the first book |
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Σελίδα ix
... written ; especially the discussion of the seventh and eighth propositions , which some , perhaps , will think too elaborate . The writer would say in reply to such an objection , that a long experience has taught him that beginners ...
... written ; especially the discussion of the seventh and eighth propositions , which some , perhaps , will think too elaborate . The writer would say in reply to such an objection , that a long experience has taught him that beginners ...
Σελίδα xiii
... treatise only , but the circumstances under which it was written . A happy connection of thirty - six years with Eton has closed , and as the writer spends the first weeks of his retirement among the mountains of Switzer- land ,
... treatise only , but the circumstances under which it was written . A happy connection of thirty - six years with Eton has closed , and as the writer spends the first weeks of his retirement among the mountains of Switzer- land ,
Σελίδα xvii
... written for , boys , who , high - spirited and thought- less , are not fully alive to the importance of what they are learning , or bent , as they are , on self - im- provement . It has been already said that these explanations are not ...
... written for , boys , who , high - spirited and thought- less , are not fully alive to the importance of what they are learning , or bent , as they are , on self - im- provement . It has been already said that these explanations are not ...
Σελίδα xix
... writing it out , not copying it . Remember Bacon's apophthegm : — Much reading makes a full man , Much speaking makes a ready man , Much writing makes a sound man . INTRODUCTION TO THE ELEMENTS OF EUCLID . He lived at.
... writing it out , not copying it . Remember Bacon's apophthegm : — Much reading makes a full man , Much speaking makes a ready man , Much writing makes a sound man . INTRODUCTION TO THE ELEMENTS OF EUCLID . He lived at.
Σελίδα 1
... written by him in Greek . The work consists of thirteen books . The first six , with twenty - one propositions of the eleventh , and two from the twelfth , form the Euclid commonly read in English schools . Euclid is looked upon as the ...
... written by him in Greek . The work consists of thirteen books . The first six , with twenty - one propositions of the eleventh , and two from the twelfth , form the Euclid commonly read in English schools . Euclid is looked upon as the ...
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A C is equal ABC and DEF adjacent angles angle A B C angle ABC angle ACB angle B A C angle BAC angle contained angles are equal bisected centre construction D E F Definition demonstration describe an equilateral Douglas White draw a straight drawn Eighth Proposition Eleventh Proposition equal sides equal to A C equal to CL equilateral triangle Euclid exercise figure five steps follows fourth proposition given equal given point given straight line greater included angles isosceles triangle join Particular Enunciation pencil Prop PROPOSITION WRITTEN proved equal radii remaining angles required to prove respect right angles second proposition set square sides A B sides are opposite sides BA Sixth Proposition space straight line A B three straight lines triangle ABC triangles are equal vertex Wherefore write
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Σελίδα 54 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Σελίδα 10 - When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it.
Σελίδα 10 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another.
Σελίδα 103 - On the same base, and on the same side of it, there cannot be two triangles having their sides which are terminated at one extremity of the base equal to one another, and likewise those which are terminated at the other extremity equal to one another.
Σελίδα 83 - If two angles of a triangle be equal to one another, the sides also which subtend, or are opposite to, the equal angles, shall be equal to one another.
Σελίδα 123 - The neglect which he had shown of the elementary truths of geometry he afterwards regarded as a mistake in his mathematical studies ; and on a future occasion he expressed to Dr. Pemberton his regret that " he had applied himself to the works of Descartes, and other algebraic writers, before he had considered the Elements of Euclid with that attention which so excellent a writer deserved."3 The study of Descartes...
Σελίδα 89 - AC. For, if AB be not equal to AC, one of them is greater than the other : let AB be the greater, and from it cut (i.
Σελίδα 98 - Upon the same base, and on the same side of it, there cannot be two triangles that have their sides which are terminated in one extremity of' the base, equal to one another, and likewise those which are terminated in the other extremity.
Σελίδα 11 - A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference.
Σελίδα 4 - A plane rectilineal angle is the inclination of two straight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the same straight line.