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DEFINITIONS . a 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 is that which lies evenly between its ...
DEFINITIONS . a 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 is that which lies evenly between its ...
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I. A less magnitude is said to be a part of a greater magnitude when the less measures the greater ; that is , ' when the ... “ Ratio a mutual relation of two magnitudes “ of the same kind to one another , in respect • of quantity .
I. A less magnitude is said to be a part of a greater magnitude when the less measures the greater ; that is , ' when the ... “ Ratio a mutual relation of two magnitudes “ of the same kind to one another , in respect • of quantity .
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V. The first of four magnitudes is said to have the same ratio to the second , which the third has to the fourth , when any equimultiples whatsoever of the first and third being taken , and any equimultiples whatsoever of the second and ...
V. The first of four magnitudes is said to have the same ratio to the second , which the third has to the fourth , when any equimultiples whatsoever of the first and third being taken , and any equimultiples whatsoever of the second and ...
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X. When three magnitudes are proportionals , the first is said to have to the third the duplicate ratio of that which it has to the second . XI . When four magnitudes are continual proportionals , the first is said to have to the fourth ...
X. When three magnitudes are proportionals , the first is said to have to the third the duplicate ratio of that which it has to the second . XI . When four magnitudes are continual proportionals , the first is said to have to the fourth ...
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Geometers make use of the following technical ' words , to signify certain ways of changing • either the order or magnitude of propor• tionals , so that they continue still to be proportionals . ' XIII . Permutando , or alternando , by ...
Geometers make use of the following technical ' words , to signify certain ways of changing • either the order or magnitude of propor• tionals , so that they continue still to be proportionals . ' XIII . Permutando , or alternando , by ...
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| Title | The Elements of Euclid: Viz. the First Six Books, Together with the Eleventh and Twelfth |
| Author | Euclid |
| Editors | Robert Simson, Samuel Maynard |
| Translated by | Robert Simson |
| Publisher | Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838 |
| Original from | University of Iowa |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2015 |
| Length | 328 pages |
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