Solid Geometry
John C. Stone
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, Feb. 8, 2018)
Excerpt from Solid GeometryII. Practicality. - 1. Geometry is humanized by usmg as exercises a large number of practical problems. This phase of geometry, which was first introduced into American schools by the stone-millis text, is now universally recognized as an integral part of the subject. The stone-millis geometry contains a very large number and a very great variety of simple and genu ine practical problems. They are selected from many fields of human activity, such as home life, art, architecture, astronomy, engineering, designing, navigation, science, the construction and use of implements and machinery, etc.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.