Author: George Clinton Whitlock

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-08-19

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9781333272715

Excerpt from Elements of Geometry, Theoretical and Practical: Containing a Full Explanation of the Construction and Use of Tables, and a New System of Surveying Warn some persons are complaining of constant innovation in text-books, and others finding fault equally with those in use, one scarcely knows whether or not to make any apology in putting forth a new work. One thing however, as it seems to me, is clear: that in view of the importance which is justly attached to elementary instruction, there can be little danger of too great a supply of manuals from which an enlightened community may select. If new books of geography and grammar, of arithmetic and algebra, are not only acceptable to the schools, in their onward march of improvement, but even indispensable for giving them life and vigor, why should objection be made to attempts in adapting the elements of geometry to the wants of the young and to the existing condition of instruction? Why should a blind veneration for antiquity cause the elements of Euclid to continue in one form or other in our schools, when the luminous Grecian himself, if now living, would, we doubt not, no longer employ them without a material remodeling in conformity with the mathematical method of the day? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.