Lectures on the Principles of Demonstrative MathematicsA. and C. Black, 1843 - 147 sider |
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Side vii
... thing no interpretation or extension possible Locke's views need no refutation . - Definitions in Euclid's first Ele ment - proof of the coincidence of planes - of the equality of right angles - postulates - axioms - theory of parallels ,
... thing no interpretation or extension possible Locke's views need no refutation . - Definitions in Euclid's first Ele ment - proof of the coincidence of planes - of the equality of right angles - postulates - axioms - theory of parallels ,
Side 8
... things appear to be certain : one , that the science did not exist in Greece prior to the time of Thales ; * and the other , that from that period it dates its rise . Until very lately , it was the prevailing , if not the universal ...
... things appear to be certain : one , that the science did not exist in Greece prior to the time of Thales ; * and the other , that from that period it dates its rise . Until very lately , it was the prevailing , if not the universal ...
Side 9
... thing at all , I hold it must be understood of philosophy exclusive of the mathematics . But Ritter continues , " The Greeks despised the Orientals , and were * Ritter Geschichte der Philosophie , i . 157 . naturally opposed to the ...
... thing at all , I hold it must be understood of philosophy exclusive of the mathematics . But Ritter continues , " The Greeks despised the Orientals , and were * Ritter Geschichte der Philosophie , i . 157 . naturally opposed to the ...
Side 15
... thing was done even at this time . We are told that Anaximander , * a follower of Thales , wrote a treatise on the elements of geometry . This fact , whilst it demon- strates the progress of the science , prepares us for its rapid ...
... thing was done even at this time . We are told that Anaximander , * a follower of Thales , wrote a treatise on the elements of geometry . This fact , whilst it demon- strates the progress of the science , prepares us for its rapid ...
Side 17
... thing appeared like this work : for upwards of 2000 years it has commanded the admiration of mankind , and that period has suggested little towards its improvement . * Proclus , ii . 4 in which he is followed by Bossut Hist . des Math ...
... thing appeared like this work : for upwards of 2000 years it has commanded the admiration of mankind , and that period has suggested little towards its improvement . * Proclus , ii . 4 in which he is followed by Bossut Hist . des Math ...
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Side 64 - 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.
Side 38 - A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference.
Side 52 - Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side.
Side 96 - ... of the second and fourth ; if the multiple of the first be less than that of the second, the multiple of the third is also less than that of the fourth: or, if the multiple of the first be equal to that of the second, the multiple of the third is also equal to that of the fourth...
Side 122 - Whatever form is algebraically equivalent to another when expressed in general symbols, must continue to be equivalent whatever those symbols denote.
Side 17 - It is certain that from its completeness, uniformity and faultlessness, from its arrangement and progressive character, and from the universal adoption of the completest and best line of argument, Euclid's " Elements " stand preeminently at the head of all human productions.
Side 38 - Of four-sided figures, a square is that which has all its sides equal, and all its angles right angles.
Side 67 - Parallel straight lines are such as are in the same plane, and which being produced ever so far both ways, do not meet.
Side 88 - But when four magnitudes are proportionals, if the first be greater than the third, the second is greater than the fourth ; and if equal, equal; if less, less; (v.
Side 25 - That all our cognition," he says, " begins with experience, there is not any doubt ; for how otherwise should the faculty of cognition be awakened into exercise, if this did not occur through objects which affect our senses...