The elements of Euclid for the use of schools and colleges; comprising the first six books and portions of the eleventh and twelfth books; (1903)
Euclid, Todhunter, I. (Isaac), 1820-1884, ed. edt, Simson, Robert, 1687-1768, ed. edt · London; New York, Macmillan · leaf 413
em is sometimes called Casiilloii^s andsometimes Cramer^s ; the history of the general researches to which ithas given rise will be found in a series of papers in the Mathematician,Vol. IIL, by the late T. S. Davies. APPENDIX. BOOK VI. Jxix 89. It is required to find a point in a given straight… … Let A, B, C, D be four given points in the same straight line : it isrequired to find a point in AD such that the rectangle contained by itsdistances from A and B may = the rectangle contained by its distancesfrom C and D. On AD describe any triangle AED; and on CB describe a similartriangle CFB,…
Euclid's Elements · Geometry · Mathematics, Greek
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