Arithmetical Exercises and Examination Papers: With an Appendix Containing Questions in Logarithms and Mensuration

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Page 194 - OF EUCLID'S ELEMENTS. Including Alternative Proofs, together with additional Theorems and Exercises, classified and arranged. By HS HALL, MA, and FH STEVENS, MA, Masters of the Military and Engineering Side, Clifton College. Gl.
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