Euclid and His Modern Rivals/Appendices

by Charles L. Dodgson

 

 

APPENDICES.

 

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I.

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Extract from Mr. Todhunters essay on 'Elementary Geometry,' included in 'The Conflict of Studies, &c.' ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

226

 

II.

 

Extract from Mr. De Morgan's review of Mr. Wilson's Geometry, in the 'Athenœum' for July 18, 1868 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

246

 

III.

 

Proof that, if any one Proposition of Table II be granted as an Axiom, the rest can be deduced from it ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

252

 

IV.

 

List of Propositions of Euc. I, II, with references to their occurrence in the manuals of his Modern Rivals:—

 

§ 1. References to Legendre, Cuthbertson, Henrici, Wilson, Pierce, and Willock ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

262

 

§ 2. References to the other Modern Rivals ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

270