पृष्ठम्:Rekha Ganita.djvu/२६

The Elements of Geometrie of the most auncient Philoso: pher vclide of Megara Faithfully (now first ) translated into the Englishe toung by H. Billingsley, citizen of London. Whereunto are annexed certaine scholies, annotations and inuentionsof the best mathematiciens, both of bime past, and in this our age. With a very fruithfull Preface made by M. J. Dee, specifying the chief mathematicall sci४ces, what they are and wherunto commodious : where, also, are disclosed certaine new secrets mathematicall and mechanicall untill these our daies greatly missed. Imprinted at London by John Daye. The Preface of MrDee bears the year 150. It has at its end Bhe remark •wribten at my poor house at Mortolake. Anno. 1570. February 9. The Tible-page is a beautiful one, having the ten pictures of Ptolomeus, Marinus, Arabus, Strabo, Hipparchus, Polibius, Geometria, Astronomia, Arithmetica and Musica and a motto yinere VireScit Veritas. This valuable work contains 16 books. In the introductory remarks on the fourteenth book, it is said bhat Apollonius was the first author of the book, which was afterwards set forth by Hypicles . Mr. Billingsley quotes from the Preface of Hypsicles to bhe 14th book in support of his statement, Basilides of Tire (sayth Hypsicles) and my father together, scanningand peyeing a writing or booke of Appollonius, which was of the comparison of a dodecadedron to an icosahedron inscribed in one and the selfe same sphere, and what proportion bhese figures had the one to the other, found that Apollonius had fayled in this matter. But afterward (sayth he) I found another copy or booke of Apollonius, wherein the demonstration of that matter was full and perfect and shewed it unto them, whereat they much rejoysed. By