The Elements of Euclid: Viz. the First Six Books, Together with the Eleventh and Twelfth |
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... produced a sin . gular capacity for investigating the truths of mathematical science . By such talents , and with a correct taste , formed by the study of the Greek geometers , he was also peculiarly qualified for communicating his ...
... produced a sin . gular capacity for investigating the truths of mathematical science . By such talents , and with a correct taste , formed by the study of the Greek geometers , he was also peculiarly qualified for communicating his ...
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Parallel straight lines , are such as are in the same plane , and which being produced ever so far both ways , do not meet . POSTULATES . I. Let it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point .
Parallel straight lines , are such as are in the same plane , and which being produced ever so far both ways , do not meet . POSTULATES . I. Let it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point .
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“ If a straight line meet two , straight lines , so as to 66 make the two interior angles on the same side of " it taken together less than two right angles , these “ straight lines being continually produced , shall at “ length meet ...
“ If a straight line meet two , straight lines , so as to 66 make the two interior angles on the same side of " it taken together less than two right angles , these “ straight lines being continually produced , shall at “ length meet ...
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1 . and produce * the straight lines DA , DB , to E and F ; * 2 Post . from the centre B , at the distance BC describe * the cir- * 3 Post . cle CGH , and from the centre D , at the distance DG describe the circle GKL .
1 . and produce * the straight lines DA , DB , to E and F ; * 2 Post . from the centre B , at the distance BC describe * the cir- * 3 Post . cle CGH , and from the centre D , at the distance DG describe the circle GKL .
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The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another ; and if the equal sides be produced , the angles upon the other side of the base shall be equal . Let ABC be an isosceles triangle , of which the side AB is equal ...
The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another ; and if the equal sides be produced , the angles upon the other side of the base shall be equal . Let ABC be an isosceles triangle , of which the side AB is equal ...
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