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I FEEL that Prof. Lodge's proposal to change the order of Euclid Book I., 1–32, is the real solution of the present problem of the teaching of elementary geometry. The budding engineer has his practical mathematics, the embryo wrangler will absorb geometrical truths served up in almost any manner; but the ninety per cent, to whom mathematics is a mere mental training must have their work put before them in an interesting, practical and yet logical manner. I should, however, like to put forward the following three points:—
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CHILD, J. Rearrangement of Euclid's Propositions. Nature 66, 31 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/066031a0
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