A Second Book In Geometry by Thomas Hill

A Second Book In Geometry by Thomas Hill Forgotten Books Classic Reprint Series
2012
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Excerpt from A Second Book in Geometry, Vol. 1 1. Geometry is the science of form. We really begin to learn Geometry when we first begin to notice the forms of things about us. Some persons observe forms much more closely than others do; partly owing to their natural taste, and partly to their peculiar education. The study of plants, animals, and minerals, the practice of drawing, and the use of building blocks and geometrical puzzles, are good modes of leading one to notice, quickly and accurately, differences of form. 2. The second step in learning Geometry is to become able to imagine perfect forms, without seeing them drawn. The little book called "First Lessons in Geometry" was chiefly designed to help in the attainment of this power. It is filled with descriptions of forms that cannot be exactly drawn. This is especially true of many of the curves, which cannot be drawn so exa