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586 ENGLISH INDEX<br />

(Dionysodorus and Heron), ii.<br />

218-19, ii. 334-5.<br />

Torelli, J. ii. 27.<br />

Transversal : Menelaus's theorem<br />

for spherical and plane triangles<br />

ii. 266-70 : lemmas relating to<br />

quadrilateral and transversal<br />

(Pappus) ii. 419-20.<br />

'Treasury <strong>of</strong> Analysis' 421, 422,<br />

439, ii. 399-427.<br />

Triangle : theorem about sum <strong>of</strong><br />

angles Pythagorean 135, 143,<br />

Geminus and Aristotle on, 135-6.<br />

Triangle, spherical : called rpiTrXetpou<br />

(Menelaus) ii. 262 : propositions<br />

analogous to Euclid's on<br />

plane triangles ii. 262-5 : sum <strong>of</strong><br />

angles greater than two right<br />

angles ii. 264.<br />

Triangular numbers 15, 69 : formation<br />

76-7 : 8 times triangular<br />

number + 1 = a square 84, ii.<br />

516.<br />

Trigonometry ii 5, ii. 198, ii. 257-9,<br />

ii. 265-73, ii. 276-86, ii. 290-1.<br />

Trisection <strong>of</strong> any angle : solutions<br />

235-44 : Pappus on, ii. 385-6.<br />

Tschirnhausen, E. W. v., 200.<br />

Tycho Brahe 317, ii. 2, ii. 196.<br />

Tzifra (= 0) ii. 547.<br />

Ukha-thebt (side <strong>of</strong> base in pyramid)<br />

126, 127.<br />

Unit : definitions (Pythagoreans,<br />

Euclid, Thymaridas, Chrysippus)<br />

69.<br />

Usener, H. 184, 188.<br />

Valla, G. : translator <strong>of</strong> extracts<br />

from Euclid 365, and from Archimedes<br />

ii. 26.<br />

Venatorius, Thomas Gechauff: ed.<br />

princeps <strong>of</strong> Archimedes ii. 27.<br />

Venturi, G. ii. 308.<br />

Vieta 200, 223, ii. 182, ii.456, ii.480,<br />

ii. 557.<br />

Vigesimal system (<strong>of</strong> numerals) 26.<br />

Vincent, A. J. H. 50, 436, ii. 308,<br />

ii. 545, ii. 546.<br />

Vitruvius 18, 147, 174, 213, ii. 1,<br />

ii. 245 : Vitruvius and Heron,<br />

ii. 302-3.<br />

Viviani, V. ii. 261.<br />

Vogt, H., 156 w„ 203 n.<br />

Wescher, C. ii. 309.<br />

Wilamowitz - Moellendorff, U. v.,<br />

158 w., 245, ii. 128.<br />

Xenocrates 24, 319 : works on<br />

Numbers 319 : upheld 'indivisible<br />

lines' 181.<br />

Xenophon, on arithmetic in education<br />

19.<br />

Xylander (W. Holzmann) ii. 454-5,<br />

ii. 545.<br />

Yahya b. Khalid b. Barmak ii. 274.<br />

Zamberti, B., translator <strong>of</strong> Euclid<br />

365, 441.<br />

Zeno <strong>of</strong> Elea 271-3: arguments on<br />

motion 273-83.<br />

Zeno <strong>of</strong> Sidon on Eucl. I. 1, 359, ii.<br />

221-2.<br />

Zenodorusii. 207-13.<br />

Zero in Babylonian notation<br />

O in Ptolemy 39, 45.<br />

29<br />

Zeuthen, H. G. 190, 206-9, 210-11,<br />

398, 437, ii. 52, ii. 105, ii. 203,<br />

ii. 290-1, ii. 405, ii. 444.<br />

Zodiac circle : obliquity discovered<br />

by Oenopides 138, 174, ii. 244.

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