OF

GEOMETRY,

AND THE

FIRST PRINCIPLES

OF MODERN GEOMETRY.

BY

WM. H. H. PHILLIPS, PH.P.,

TEACHER OF MATHEMATICS IN WESLEYAN ACADEMY

SECOND EDITION.

NEW YORK:
SHELDON & COMPANY,

8 MURRAY STREET

Sept.13,1941

Miss Ellent, Wentworth

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by

J. W. SCHERMERHORN AND COMPANY,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

THE AUTHOR

RESPEOTFULLY DEDICATES THIS WORK

TO HIS FRIEND,

CAPTAIN OLIVER CUTTS,

WHOSE INFLUENCE AND MUNIFIOLNCE HAVE GREATLY AIDED

THE CAUSE OF HIGHER EDUCATIOX.