The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 6, Part 11810 |
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... Euclid's first book , would feel the least doubt as to the truth of the eleventh proposition : he would believe it , on the authority of his author , antece- dently to demonstration : the perusal of the demonstration would communicate ...
... Euclid's first book , would feel the least doubt as to the truth of the eleventh proposition : he would believe it , on the authority of his author , antece- dently to demonstration : the perusal of the demonstration would communicate ...
Page 193
... Euclid publish all the fifteen books of his Elements . Sig Henry Billingsley's edition , in 1570 , contains them all ; toge- ther with another book added by Flussas , and some propo- sitions respecting mixed and composed regular solids ...
... Euclid publish all the fifteen books of his Elements . Sig Henry Billingsley's edition , in 1570 , contains them all ; toge- ther with another book added by Flussas , and some propo- sitions respecting mixed and composed regular solids ...
Page 194
... Euclid , ( the last edition worth specifying , ) has given to the fifth book all the conciseness , perspicuity , and force , of which the Euclidean doctrine of proportion is susceptible : but he , like most of his precursors , has ...
... Euclid , ( the last edition worth specifying , ) has given to the fifth book all the conciseness , perspicuity , and force , of which the Euclidean doctrine of proportion is susceptible : but he , like most of his precursors , has ...
Page 195
... Euclid's elements is worth preserving ; and we regret excessively that Dr. Simson did not go through all the fifteen ... Euclid , and sometimes of Simson ; and it is pleasing to observe what respectful language his feelings of gratitude ...
... Euclid's elements is worth preserving ; and we regret excessively that Dr. Simson did not go through all the fifteen ... Euclid , and sometimes of Simson ; and it is pleasing to observe what respectful language his feelings of gratitude ...
Page 196
... Euclid as unworthy of preservation at all : in his estimation they constitute , altogether , a very incom- plete , and certainly not a finished production . " admirable work , " he observes , " was composed at the period when geometry ...
... Euclid as unworthy of preservation at all : in his estimation they constitute , altogether , a very incom- plete , and certainly not a finished production . " admirable work , " he observes , " was composed at the period when geometry ...
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