Apollonius <Pergaeus>; Lawson, John, The two books of Apollonius Pergaeus, concerning tangencies, as they have been restored by Franciscus Vieta and Marinus Ghetaldus : with a supplement to which is now added, a second supplement, being Mons. Fermat's Treatise on spherical tangencies

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[2.] THE TWO BOOKS OF APOLLONIUS PERGÆUS, CONCERNING TANGENCIES, As they have been Reſtored by FRANCISCUSVIET A and MARINUSGHETALDUS. WITH A SUPPLEMENT.
[3.] THE SECOND EDITION. TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED, A SECOND SUPPLEMENT, BEING Monſ. FERMAT’S Treatiſe on Spherical Tangencies. LONDON: Printed by G. BIGG, Succeſſor to D. LEACH. And ſold by B. White, in Fleet-Street; L. Davis, in Holborne, J. Nourse, in the Strand; and T. Payne, near the Mews-Gate. MDCCLXXI.
[4.] PREFACE.
[5.] EXTRACT from PAPPUS’s Preſace to his Seventh Book in Dr. HALLEY’s Tranſlation. DE TACTIONIBUS II.
[6.] Synopsis of the PROBLEMS.
[7.] PROBLEMS CONCERNING TANGENCIES. PROBLEM I.
[8.] PROBLEM II.
[9.] PROBLEM III.
[10.] The GENERAL Solution.
[11.] PROBLEM IV.
[12.] PROBLEM V.
[13.] The general Solution.
[14.] PROBLEM VI.
[15.] The general Solution.
[16.] PROBLEM VII.
[17.] LEMMA I.
[18.] PROBLEM VIII.
[19.] Mr. Simpſon conſtructs the Problem thus.
[20.] PROBLEM IX.
[21.] LEMMA II.
[22.] LEMMA III.
[23.] PROBLEM X.
[24.] PROBLEM XI.
[25.] PROBLEM XII .
[26.] LEMMA IV.
[27.] LEMMA V.
[28.] PROBLEM XIII.
[29.] PROBLEM XIV.
[30.] SUPPLEMENT. PROBLEM I.
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            pars eſſet ſecundæ ſubdiviſionis, cæteris permittitur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s56" xml:space="preserve">Deinde
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            proxima ſex problemata continentur in primo libro. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s57" xml:space="preserve">Reliqua
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            duo, nempe de duabus rectis datis & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s58" xml:space="preserve">circulo, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s59" xml:space="preserve">de tribus
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            datis circulis, ſola habentur in ſecundo libro; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s60" xml:space="preserve">ob multas di-
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            verſaſque poſitiones circulorum & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s61" xml:space="preserve">rectarum inter ſe, quibus
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            fit ut etiam plurium determinationum opus ſit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s62" xml:space="preserve">Prædictis his
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            Tactionibus congener eſt ordo problematum, quæ ab edito-
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            ribus omiſſa fuerant. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s63" xml:space="preserve">Nonnulli autem priori horum librorum
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            illa prefixerunt: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s64" xml:space="preserve">Compendioſus enim & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s65" xml:space="preserve">introductorius erat
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            tractatus ille, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s66" xml:space="preserve">ad plenam de Tactionibus doctrinam abſol-
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            vendam maxime idoneus. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s67" xml:space="preserve">Hæc omnia rurſus una propoſitio
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            complectitur, quæ quidem quoad Hypotheſim magis quam
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            præcedentia contracta eſt, ſuperaddita autem eſt conditio ad
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            conſtructionem: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s68" xml:space="preserve">eſtque hujuſmodi. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s69" xml:space="preserve">“ E punctis, rectis, vel
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            circulis, datis duobus quibuſcunque, deſcribere circulum
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            magnitudine datum, qui tranſeat per punctum vel puncta
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            data, ac, ſi fieri poſſit, contingat etiam lineas datas. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s70" xml:space="preserve">” Con-
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            tinet autem hæc propoſitio ſex problemata: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s71" xml:space="preserve">ex tribus enim
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            quibuſcunque diverſis generibus fiunt Duades inordinatæ di-
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            verſæ numero ſex. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s72" xml:space="preserve">Vel enim datis duobus punctis, vel duabus
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            rectis, vel duobus circulis, vel puncto & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s73" xml:space="preserve">rectâ, vel puncto & </s>
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            circuìo, vel rectâ & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s75" xml:space="preserve">circulo, opportet circulum magnitudine
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            datum deſcribere,
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            ſolvenda ſunt & </s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s78" xml:space="preserve">determinanda juxta Caſus.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s79" xml:space="preserve">Liber primus
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            cundus vero quatuor. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s81" xml:space="preserve">Lemmata autem ad utrumque librum
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            ſunt XXI; </s>
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