Posts tagged 'cube'

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G.339 many numbers please

If as many numbers as we please beginning from an unit be in continued proportion, and the number after the unit be not square, neither will any other be square except the third from the unit and all those which leave out one. And, if the number after the unit be not cube, neither will any other be cube except the fourth from the unit and all those which leave out two.
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G.595 construct a cube and comprehend it in a

Construct a cube and comprehend it in a sphere, like the pyramid; and to prove that the square on the diameter of the sphere is triple of the square on the side of the cube.
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G.600 construct a dodecahedron and comprehend it in a

Construct a dodecahedron and comprehend it in a sphere, like the aforesaid figures, and to prove that the side of the dodecahedron is the irrational segment called apotome.
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G.601 set out sides

To set out the sides of the five figures and to compare them with one another.