This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...to shortly by the first words of the title Kurzer Grundriss. It was published at Maros-Vasarhely in 1851. 4 Intorno alia geometria immaginaria 0 non euclidiana. Considerazioni storico-critiche. Rivista Bolognese di scienze, lettere, arti e scuole, T. II, p. 171--184 (1867). It was published separately as a pamphlet of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...to shortly by the first words of the title Kurzer Grundriss. It was published at Maros-Vasarhely in 1851. 4 Intorno alia geometria immaginaria 0 non euclidiana. Considerazioni storico-critiche. Rivista Bolognese di scienze, lettere, arti e scuole, T. II, p. 171--184 (1867). It was published separately as a pamphlet of 16 pages (Bologna, Fava e Garagnani, 1867). The same article, with some additions and the title, Studii geometrici sulla teorica delle parallele di N. J. Lobatschewky, appeared in the political journal La Provincia di Pisa, Anno III, Nr. 25, 27, made the name and the works of the two now celebrated Hungarian geometers known to the Italians.1 To the credit of Hooel there should also be mentioned his interest in the manuscripts of Johann Bolyai, then 1867 preserved, in terms of Wolfgang's will, in the library of the Reformed College of Maros-Vasarhely. By the help of Prince B. Boncampagni 1821--1894, who in his turn interested the Hungarian Minister of Education, Baron E6tv6s, he succeeded in having them placed 1869 in the Hungarian Academy of Science at Budapest.2 In this way they became more accessible and were the subject of painstaking and careful research, first by Schmidt and recently by Stackel. In addition Houel did not fail in his efforts, on every available opportunity, to secure a lasting triumph for the NonEuclidean Geometry. If we simply mention his Essai critique sur lesprincipes fondamenteaux de la geom/trie:3 his article, Sur I'impossibility de dimontrer par line construction plane le postulatum a" Euclide;4 the Notices sur la vie et les travaux de N. J. Lobatschewsky;5 and finally his translations of various writings upon Non-Euclidean Geometry into French,6 29, 30 (1867); and part of it was reprinted under the original tit...
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