Euclid

(noun.) Greek geometer (3rd century BC).

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• The forty-seventh proposition of the first book of Euclid was regarded as one of the supreme triumphs of the human mind. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Euclid, who was active at Alexandria toward the e nd of the fourth century B.. was not one of Plato's immediate disciples but shared the great philosopher's point of view. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Instead he spent his time studying the mathematics of Euclid, and from them went on to the writings of Archimedes and the laws of mechanics. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The first, second, and fourth books of Euclid are largely of Pythagorean origin. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• They took De Foe to their bosoms, instead of Euclid, and seemed to be on the whole more comforted by Goldsmith than by Cocker. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Euclid, calling his servant, said, Give him sixpenc e, since he must make gain out of what he learns. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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