Abstract
THIS work of Prof. Smith's has a “very practical purpose,” viz, “to present in simple and intelligible form a body of geometric doctrine, acquaintance with which may fairly be demanded of candidates for the Freshman class” of the Missouri State University. It is shaped on the lines of such modern works as those by Newcomb, Halsted, and Dupuis, to refer to English textbooks only; but it most nearly resembles in some parts the excellent little manual “on congruent figures,” by Prof. Henrici. “The work asks to be judged, at least in its name, according to (the) spirit of modern geometry,. and not according to the letter.”
Introductory Modern Geometry of Point, Ray, and Circle.
By W. B. Smith. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1893.)
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Introductory Modern Geometry of Point, Ray, and Circle. Nature 47, 532–533 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/047532b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/047532b0
