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 geometry (1826)
Playfair, John, 1748-1819, Euclid · Philadelphia : Marot & Walter · leaf 67
is greater than FC, andFC than FG. Join BE, CE, GE ; and because two sides of a triangle are greater(20. 1.) than the third, BE, KF are greater than BF: hut AE js equalto EB; therefore AE and EF, that is, AF, is greater than B V: again,because BE is equal to CE, and FE common to the triangles… … Ihan GF. Aj^ain? because OF, FE aregreater (30. I.) than EG, and EG i-i equalto ED; GF,FE are?freater than ED: lakeaway the common part FE, and the re-mainder GF is greater than the remainderFD : therefore FA is the greatest, and FD ^ the least of all (he straiglit lines from F to the…
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