Recreations in science and natural philosophy (1844)
Ozanam, Jacques, 1640-1717. n 93006101, Montucla, Jean Etienne, 1725-1799. n 85800222, Hutton, Charles, 1737-1823. n 84160398, Riddle, Edward, 1788-1854. no2004015425 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 154
first polygons, must be described. If the same thing be done on these polygons, you will at length arrive at the last, which, if the operation has been exactly performed, must be perfectly equal to the first. 5th. To form the same bodies of a piece of card. If you are desirous of forming these… … The ancient geometricians made a great many geometrical speculations respecting these bodies ; and they form almost the whole subject of the last books of Euclid’s Elements. A modern commentator on Euclid, M. de Foix Candalle, has even ex¬ tended those speculations, by inscribing these bodies…
Scientific recreations
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