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Encyclopaedia Britannica, or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Vol. 13 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover
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Mot 9. About this time appeared Euclid's Elements of Geometry, a work which has been employed for 2000 years in teaching the principles of mathematics, and which is still reckoned the most complete work upon the subject. Peter Ramos has ascribed to T heon both the pro positions and the demonstrations in Euclid. It has been the opinion of others that the propositions belong to Euclid, and the demonstrations to Them, while others have given to Euclid the honour of both. It seems most probable, however, that Euclid merely collected and ar ranged the geometrical knowledge of the ancients, and that he supplied many new propositions in order to form that chain of reasoning which runs through his ele ments. This great work of the Greek geometer con sists of tilteen books: the eleven first books contain the elements of pure geometry, and the rest contain the general theory of ratios, and the leading properties of commensurate and incommensurate numbers.
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Mot 9. About this time appeared Euclid's Elements of Geometry, a work which has been employed for 2000 years in teaching the principles of mathematics, and which is still reckoned the most complete work upon the subject. Peter Ramos has ascribed to T heon both the pro positions and the demonstrations in Euclid. It has been the opinion of others that the propositions belong to Euclid, and the demonstrations to Them, while others have given to Euclid the honour of both. It seems most probable, however, that Euclid merely collected and ar ranged the geometrical knowledge of the ancients, and that he supplied many new propositions in order to form that chain of reasoning which runs through his ele ments. This great work of the Greek geometer con sists of tilteen books: the eleven first books contain the elements of pure geometry, and the rest contain the general theory of ratios, and the leading properties of commensurate and incommensurate numbers.
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- ISBN 13 9780483969964
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