Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, With Two Books on the Geometry of Solids; To Which Are Added, Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Playfair, John

9780265740477: Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, With Two Books on the Geometry of Solids; To Which Are Added, Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0265740479 ISBN 13: 9780265740477

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Excerpt from Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, With Two Books on the Geometry of Solids; To Which Are Added, Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry

Thus much for the part of the Elements that treats of Plane Figures. With refpe�'t to the Geo metry of Solids, I have departed from euclid al together, with a view of rendering it both {hort er and more comprehenfive. This, however, is not attempted by introducing a mode of reafon ing loofer or lefs rigorous than that of the Greek geometer; for this would be to pay too dear even for the time that might thereby be faved but it is done chieﬂy by laying afide a certain rule.

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