"An appendix of practical geometry" has special dated title page which reads: An appendix of practical geometry. In two parts. The first contains an easy, brief, and independent demonstration of ...

Mathematics is distinguished from the sciences by the freedom it enjoys in choosing basic assumptions from which consequences can be deduced by applying the laws of logic. We call the basic ...

Euclid flourished about 50 years after Aristotle and was certainly familiar with Aristotle's Logic. Euclid's organisation of the work of earlier geometers was truly innovative. His results depended ...

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