The thirteen books of Euclid's Elements Vol 1 in English

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The thirteen books of Euclid's Elements Vol 1 (English)
by Euclid; Heath, Thomas Little, Sir, 1861-1940, ed. and tr; Heiberg, J. L. (Johan Ludvig), 1854-1928
Publication date 1908

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Ludvig_Heiberg_(historian)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid%27s_Elements

https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_UhgPAAAAIAAJ

Something for the mathematically inclined.

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:lol:
165 pages of introduction alone.

Euclid is interesting, even though his terminology has nothing to do with what we're using today in geometry.
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Thanks Availle :D
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