A complete course of problems in practical plane geometry … with an introduction to elementary solid geometry

ABSTRACT THIS is a cheap manual, the cost of which can be easily met by any artisan desirous of studying the subject, while at the same time its contents enable it to fully satisfy the wants

of all examinees in first, second, and third grade and similar papers of the Science and Art Department Examinations. The figures are very clearly drawn, well showing given, constructional

and required lines; the form of the page enables four propositions to be fully treated of with the accompanying figures in four spaces on each page. In the constructions we do not look for

novelty, but we have conciseness and great clearness generally prevailing. Here and there elegance of expression is sacrificed to brevity (“for all the Government examinations, the

requirements of which this is a textbook, the same rules will apply, with exception of Nos. 1 and 6”). We have detected only three points which call for our notice: in Prop. 12 it strikes us

as being simpler to use the same radius throughout, thus doing away with the necessity of taking two cases, as Mr. Palliser does; in Prop. 37, _note_, it is necessary to add _how_ the point

is obtained; in Prop. 212 the letter E is made to do double duty in the proof. We can confidently recommend the book. _A Complete Course of Problems in Practical Plane Geometry … with an

Introduction to Elementary Solid Geometry_. A New, Revised, and Enlarged Edition. By J. W. Palliser. (London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1881.) Access through your institution Buy or

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