The Elements of Euclid (Classic Reprint): Viz; The First Six Books, Together With the Eleventh and Twelfth: Viz; The First Six Books, Together with the Eleventh and Twelfth (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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9781333240202: The Elements of Euclid (Classic Reprint): Viz; The First Six Books, Together With the Eleventh and Twelfth: Viz; The First Six Books, Together with the Eleventh and Twelfth (Classic Reprint)

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This book, which has not yet been named, is a collection of notes from the great mathematician Euclid. This important work, which forms the very foundation of geometry as we know it, explores such fundamental concepts of mathematics as points, lines, angles, planes, and solids. This book is the foundation of a science which, as the author points out, is of the greatest use in the arts both of peace and war, and is indispensable to students seeking to delve into the intricacies of the subject.

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Excerpt from The Elements of Euclid: Viz; The First Six Books, Together With the Eleventh and Twelfth

The opinions of the modems concerning the author of the Elements of Geometry, which go under Euclrd's name.

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Excerpt from The Elements of Euclid: Viz; The First Six Books, Together With the Eleventh and Twelfth

In th1s edition, Ptolemy's Proposition concerning a property of quadrilateral figures in a circle, is added at the end of the sixth Book. Also the Note on the 29th Proposition, Book lst, is altered, and made more ex plicit, and a more general Demonstration is given, in stead of that which was in the Note on the l0th Defi nition of Book l1th; besides, the Translation is much amended by the friendly assistance of a learned gen tleman.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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