| Robert Potts - 1868 - 434 pagina’s
...straight liue joining two of its opposite angles. POSTULATES. I. LET it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. IL That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. m. AXIOMS. I.... | |
| James Smith - 1870 - 634 pagina’s
...1) should be based upon the simplest of the postulates, viz. : " Let it be granted, that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point" Thus, Euclid begins by showing us how to construct an equilateral triangle. There can be no doubt that... | |
| Euclides - 1871 - 136 pagina’s
...figures and the properties of geometrical mag--tudes. POSTULATES. Let it be granted I. That a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. II. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. III. That a circle may be described... | |
| Elias Loomis - 1871 - 302 pagina’s
...which is contained an exact number of times in each of them. BOOK V PROBLEMS Postulates. 1 A a'.raight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. 2. A terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. 3. From the greater... | |
| Euclides, James Hamblin Smith - 1872 - 376 pagina’s
...figures and the prqperties pf geometrical magnitudes. POSTULATES. Let it be granted I. That a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. II. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. III. That a circle may be described... | |
| Henry Major - 1873 - 588 pagina’s
...being produced ever so far both ways, do not meet. POSTULATES. I. Let it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. II. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. III. That a circle may be described... | |
| William Alexander Myers - 1873 - 238 pagina’s
...— cos. 2 A, And cos. A — ± VR 2 — sin. 2 A. POSTULATES. Let it be granted : 1. That a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. 2. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. 3. And that a... | |
| Euclid, James Bryce, David Munn (F.R.S.E.) - 1874 - 236 pagina’s
...arc is hence called an angls of ninety degrees. POSTULATES. Let it be granted — 1. That a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. 2. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. 3. That a circle... | |
| Edward Atkins - 1874 - 426 pagina’s
...All other four-sided figures are called trapeziums. Postulates. 1. Let it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. 2. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. 3. And that a... | |
| James McCosh - 1874 - 484 pagina’s
...in the propositions founded on them, such as the following, put in the form of maxims : "A straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point ;" "A straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line ;" " There may be such a figure... | |
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