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A WRITER in the number of NATURE for September 21, Mr. R. A. Proctor, in the course of a letter on the state of geometrical knowledge in the university, alludes manifestly to the solution of a problem which I have adopted in my edition of Euclid. The matter is of small importance in itself, but nevertheless as some points of interest are incidentally involved, I request you to allow me the opportunity of offering a few remarks.
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TODHUNTER, I. On the Solution of a Certain Geometrical Problem. Nature 4, 444 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/004444a0
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