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Elements of Geometry: Part One-Plane Geometry (Classic Reprint)
Elements of Geometry Part OnePlane Geometry - Classic Reprint Author:Andrew Wheeler Phillips PREFACE THE present volume consists of the first five books of the authors' " Elements of Geometry," or that portion which relates to Plane Geometry. While the book speaks for itself, we would call attention to some of its most important features. The Introduction presents in the shortest possible compass the general outlines of the science to b... more »e studied, and leads at once to the actual study itself. The definitions are distributed through the book as they are needed, instead of being grouped in long lists many pages in advance of the propositions to which they apply. An alphabetical index is added for easy reference. The constructions are also distributed, so that the student is taught how to make a figure at the same time that he is required to use it in demonstration. Extensive use has been made of natural and symmetrical methods of demonstration.
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