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N.
B.
Between each of the Data a full ſtop is placed.
Moreover, m and n are
ſometimes uſed for different ſegments than thoſe of B by P, but then it is ſignified in
words: - the ſame alſo is to be obſeved of P.
ſometimes uſed for different ſegments than thoſe of B by P, but then it is ſignified in
words: - the ſame alſo is to be obſeved of P.
Obſerve likewiſe, for the more ready finding any propoſed Problem in the Synop-
ſis, that the data are ranged in the ſame order as the Symbols here recited; viz.
all data whereof V is one are placed firſt; next thoſe where B is given, either ſim-
ply by itſelf, or combined with any other datum; next P, & c.
ſis, that the data are ranged in the ſame order as the Symbols here recited; viz.
all data whereof V is one are placed firſt; next thoſe where B is given, either ſim-
ply by itſelf, or combined with any other datum; next P, & c.
Moreover, when in the references you find this mark*, it ſignifies that ſuch Authors
have only conſtructed the Problem partially, and not generally as propoſed in the Synop-
ſis, e. g. for a right-angled triangle, when it is propoſed for a triangle in general;
and again, for a line biſecting another, when it is propoſed to cut it ſo that the ſeg-
ments may be in any given ratio.
have only conſtructed the Problem partially, and not generally as propoſed in the Synop-
ſis, e. g. for a right-angled triangle, when it is propoſed for a triangle in general;
and again, for a line biſecting another, when it is propoſed to cut it ſo that the ſeg-
ments may be in any given ratio.