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 72
OF GEOMETRY. BOOK lU. 71 Take E the centre of the circle ABDC, »f\<\ Irom it draw EF EG,perpeudiculrtrs io AB, CD; join AE and EC. Then, because iLestritght line EF pasainij through the cen-tre, cuts the straight line AB, which doesnot pass through the centre at right an-gles, it also bisects…
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![An illustration from Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI : Habes in hoc opere iam recens nato, & aedito, studiose lector, motus stellarum, tam fixarum, quàm erraticarum, cum ex ueteribus, tum etiam ex recentibus obseruationibus restitutos: & nouis insuper ac admirabilibus hypothesibus ornatos. Habes etiam tabulas expeditissimas, ex quibus eosdem ad quoduis tempus quàm facillime caculare poteris. Igitur eme, lege, fruere. [Line in Greek] (1543)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nicolaicopernici00cope-24-10.webp)
