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... means : Euclid's postulates and nothing more . We cannot remember an instance in which a question to be solved by a definite method was tried by the best heads , and answered at last , by that method , after thou- sands of complete ...
... means : Euclid's postulates and nothing more . We cannot remember an instance in which a question to be solved by a definite method was tried by the best heads , and answered at last , by that method , after thou- sands of complete ...
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... harpedonaptæ , applied to Egyptian geometers , means " rope - stretchers , " would point to the conclusion that the Egyptian , like the Indian and Chinese 3 geometers , constructed a right triangle upon a given THE EGYPTIANS . 11.
... harpedonaptæ , applied to Egyptian geometers , means " rope - stretchers , " would point to the conclusion that the Egyptian , like the Indian and Chinese 3 geometers , constructed a right triangle upon a given THE EGYPTIANS . 11.
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... mean progress in geometry . Of the theorems generally ascribed to the Italian school , some cannot be attributed to Pythagoras himself , nor to his earliest successors . The progress from empirical to reasoned . solutions must , of ...
... mean progress in geometry . Of the theorems generally ascribed to the Italian school , some cannot be attributed to Pythagoras himself , nor to his earliest successors . The progress from empirical to reasoned . solutions must , of ...
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... mean proportionals between two given lines . These mean proportionals were obtained by Archytas from the section of a half - cylinder . The doctrine of proportion was advanced through him . the cube . There is every reason to believe ...
... mean proportionals between two given lines . These mean proportionals were obtained by Archytas from the section of a half - cylinder . The doctrine of proportion was advanced through him . the cube . There is every reason to believe ...
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... means of a ruler and compass only . Proclus mentions a man , Hippias , presum- ably Hippias of Elis , as the ... mean proportionals between a given line and another twice as long . For , in the proportion a : x = x : y = y : 2a , since ...
... means of a ruler and compass only . Proclus mentions a man , Hippias , presum- ably Hippias of Elis , as the ... mean proportionals between a given line and another twice as long . For , in the proportion a : x = x : y = y : 2a , since ...
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