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...done, I shall here add, with very little change, the illustration given by that excellent Geometer. " It is necessary to consider a solid, that is, a magnitude...definitions of a point, line and superficies ; for these al) arise from a solid, and exist in it : The boundary, or boundaries which contain a solid are called...

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...MD ZMiniTtis rnOFEssoB OF MATHEMATICS IN THE CKIVKHSITT OF GLASGOW. NOTES, E DEFINITION I. BOOK I. IT is necessary to consider a solid, that is, a magnitude...two solids which are contiguous, or which divides onq solid into two contiguous parts, is called a superficies : thus, if BCGF be one of the boundaries...

...Greek Text, and the reasons of the alterations that have been made. BOOK I. DEFINITIONS. I. to VI. IT is necessary to consider a solid, that is, a magnitude...order to understand aright the definitions of a point, liue, and superficies ; for all these arise from a solid, and exist in it. The boundary, or boundaries,...

...negative. The following illustration*, taken in substance from Dr. Simson, are well deserving of attention. It is necessary to consider a solid, that is, a magnitude...in order to understand aright, the definitions of a surface, line, and point, for these all arise from a solid, and exist in it. The boundary or boundaries...

...insurmountable of defining satisfactorily the elementary abstractions of Geometry. Simson observes that it is necessary to consider a solid, that is a magnitude...order to understand aright the definitions of a point, a line, and a superficies. A solid or volume considered apart from its physical properties, suggests...

...negative. The following illustrations, taken in substance from Dr. i are well deserving of attention. It is necessary to consider a solid, that is, a magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness, for the purpose of understanding aright the definitions of a surface, line, and point, for these all...

...done, I shall here add, with very little change, the illustration given by that excellent Geometer. " It is necessary to consider a solid, that is, a magnitude...superficies ; for these all arise from a solid, and exist iii it ; The boundary, or boundaries which contain a solid, are called superficies, or the boundary...

...present our students with the tpswsima verba, the very words themselves written by that learned man. " It is necessary to consider a solid, that is, a magnitude...order to understand aright the definitions of a point, a line, and a superficies ; for all these arise from a soUd and exist in it. The boundary, or boundaries,...