A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams (1829)
Curtis, Thomas, fl. 1820 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 760
terminate number of solutions. It would soon be perceived thatthese cases formed very curious propositions ofan intermediate nature between problems andtheorems; and that they admitted of being enun-ciated in a manner peculiarly elegant and concise.It was to such propositions that the ancients… … r, being given in opposition, to find a point G inthe straight line D K, such that G !•, the linedrawn from it to the given point, shall be equal toG li, the linedrawn from it touciiing the given cir-cle. Suppose G to be found, and G B to be drawntouching the given circle A BC in B, let 11 be…
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