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THIS is only our old friend, “La Geometria del Compasso di Lorenzo Mascheroni” (Paris, 1797), decked out in the manner we have indicated in the quoted portion of the title. The order of sequence has been departed from, but this is not a material point. The constructions are the same and the proofs the same with, we believe, one exception, in which case we give the preference for simplicity to Mr. Byrne.
The Geometry of Compasses; or, Problems Resolved by the mere Description of Circles, and "the Use of Coloured Diagrams and Symbols".
By Oliver Byrne. (London: Crosby Lockwood and Co., 1877.)
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The Geometry of Compasses; or, Problems Resolved by the mere Description of Circles, and "the Use of Coloured Diagrams and Symbols" . Nature 17, 199 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/017199a0
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