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Excerpt from Use of the Compass in Geometrical Construction: Thesis
I. To determine what constructions are possible with the straight line and the acmpass together.
II. To prove that all these constructions can be made by means of the compass alone. Ill. Examples. As examples for illustration, we take the construction problems in fienthorth'splane and Solid Geometry, revised edition. With this as an outline we shall proceed with the development of it.
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