Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Elements of Plane Geometry, Vol. 1
In, teaching Geometry, it appeared, at first, singular that students could master, the difficulties of Arithmetic and Algebra, and yet fail to comprehendthe relations Of, magnitudes which appealed to the sense of sight. A little closer Observation, however, revealed the fact that many. Students accomplished little more than the committing to memory variations of A, B, C, and Of correct geometrical reasoning they had hardly a conception. Even the intelligent pupils were found unable to apply the principles to new matter; and the solution of, problems not in the book was almosten impossibility. Geometry, if prop erly taught and' thoroughly understood, is just as ?ex; ible as Arithmetic or Algebra.
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