Two Geometrical Memoirs On The General Properties Of Cones Of The Second Degree And On The Spherical Conics Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Two Geometrical Memoirs on the General Properties of Cones of the Second Degree, and on the Spherical Conics The two Memoirs by M. Chasles, "On the Properties of Cones of the second Degree," and "On the Spherical Conics," of which a translation is now presented to English geometers, were printed in the sixth volume of the Transactions of the Royal Academy of Brussels. Whether they are considered merely as exercises of pure geometry, exhibiting its elegance and power in a remarkable degree, or as a rich and early contribution to the theory of spherical curves, they possess strong claims on the attention of mathematicians. But, published as they were, they remained unseen by the greater number of our geometers, so that it appeared highly desirable to make them more generally known by means of a reprint or translation; more especially as there is no detached work in the English language treating of the same subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.