New Elements of GeometryR. Bentley, 1850 - 200 páginas |
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ABCD agreeably area equals half area equals one-fourth area equals one-half area equals three-fourths arithmetical calculation bases and equal breadth circum circumference is four circumference is three contained in ABFG cumference DBCE demonstrations diagonal diagram diame diameter is four eight equal equal bases equal heights equal rectangles equal triangles equals the area equals the circumference equals the diameter equilateral triangle extension ference four equal geometrical quantity geometrical unit geometry half the arc half the diameter hypothenuse infinitely infinitely divisible inscribed circle inscribed sphere length line of circumference linear edge lines drawn mathematics measure mixed mathematics multiplied numbers octahedron one-third parallelogram perfect cube perfect square perpendicular plane figure Prop proposition Pythagoras radius rectangle ABFG regular hexagon regular octagon regular pentagon right angle severally equal solid figures solidity equals square root straight line surface tetrahedron thickness triangle ABC triangle equals whole circumference
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Página 21 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby. But if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless.
Página 13 - shut up in the cells of monasteries and colleges, and knowing little history, either of nature or time, did out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in
Página 196 - I am induced by many reasons to suspect, that they [the phenomena of nature] may all depend upon certain forces, by which the particles of bodies, by some causes hitherto unknown, are either mutually impelled towards each other, and cohere in regular
Página 14 - books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby. But if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Página 20 - To Him, no high, no low, no great, no small, He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Página 52 - more agreeable to the nature of things, and to the light of order, to place it as a branch of metaphysic ; for the subject of it being quantity, not quantity indefinite, which is but
Página 59 - not in the art, but in the artificers. He that works with less accuracy is an imperfect mechanic ; and if any could work with perfect accuracy, he would be the most perfect mechanic of all ; for the description