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2. On Superposition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

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Extract

The object of this paper was to defend the method of demonstration employed by Euclid from some of the charges which have been at various times brought against it. In particular, it was shown that the method is not deficient in variety of demonstration of the same fact. This position was illustrated by the exhibition of twelve totally different demonstrations of the problem, “To cut three-fourths of a square into four pieces which shall form a square.”

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Proceedings 1854-55
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 3 , 1857 , pp. 296
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1857

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