Author: Formerly Chairman Department of Immunology John Playfair

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-21

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780282771133

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Excerpt from Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, With a Supplement on the Quadrature of the Circle and the Geometry of Solids; To Which Are Added, Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry But, after all this was accomplished, something still r mained to be done, since, notwithstanding the acknow ledged excellence of Euclid's Elements, it could not be doubted, that some alterations might be made, that Would accommodate them better to a state of the mathematical sciences, so much more improved and extended than at the period when they were written. Accordingly, the object of the edition now offered to the public, is not so much to give to the writings of Euclid the foam which they originally had, as that which may at present render them most useful.'pnnracn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Elements of Geometry written by Formerly Chairman Department of Immunology John Playfair and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, With a Supplement on the Quadrature of the Circle and the Geometry of Solids; To Which Are Added, Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry But, after all this was accomplished, something still r mained to be done, since, notwithstanding the acknow ledged excellence of Euclid's Elements, it could not be doubted, that some alterations might be made, that Would accommodate them better to a state of the mathematical sciences, so much more improved and extended than at the period when they were written. Accordingly, the object of the edition now offered to the public, is not so much to give to the writings of Euclid the foam which they originally had, as that which may at present render them most useful.'pnnracn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.