Geometry in Modern Life Being the Substance of Two Lectures On Useful Geometry
Geometry in Modern Life Being the Substance of Two Lectures On Useful Geometry
J Scott John Scott Russell
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Let us two, I and III, measure our distance asunder, meet and return. You two, II and III, measure your distance asunder, meet and return. We three have now met and measured our Three Ways. Let us now compare together, our original Two Ways, with our new Three Ways. Our original Two Ways made a complete system of communication between the same Three Places as the Three Ways now do. Thus the question arises. Which is the better 1 The Three Ways or the Two ? What are the uses of the one and the o...ther system ? These two systems of Geometric Thought and Work are distinguished by the names the Square and the Skew. We ask, shall we go on the Square or go Askew ? Shall we work on the Square or on 62 GEOMETRY IN MODERN LIFE. the Skew ? Sometimes the system of the Square or Working and Measuring Right Across, is called the System of Rectangular Co-ordinates, and tle other is called Oblique Triangulation. But the meaning is much simpler than these words. It means, shall we measure lengthways and right across ?
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