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IN this work the authors deal exclusively with the second and third books of Euclid. The propositions and their proofs are clearly stated and proved, and very little additional matter, with the exception of corresponding algebraical for mulæ and exercises, is inserted between the propositions themselves. Later in the book, following a few words on the method of limits as applied to tangency, several of the well-known theorems on Book iii., with numerous examples, are given; thus one is brought into contact with problems on tangency, orthogonal circles, properties of the pedal triangle loci, maxima and minima, &c., concluding with a series of harder miscellaneous examples. A short appendix contains one or two propositions on the pole and polar, and radical axes. The book is thoroughly suited for work in schools and colleges, and is printed neatly with distinct figures.
A Text-Book of Euclid's Elements.
(Books ii. and iii.) By H. S. Hall, and F. H. Stevens. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1894.)
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W. [Book Reviews]. Nature 49, 599 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/049599b0
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