Euclid:Proposition/XIV/8/Summary
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Proposition
In the words of Hypsicles of Alexandria:
- If $AB$ be any straight line divided at $C$ in extreme and mean ratio, $AC$ being the greater segment, and if we have a cube, a dodecahedron and an icosahedron inscribed in one and the same sphere, then:
- $(1) \quad \left({\text{side of cube} }\right) : \left({\text{side of icosahedron} }\right) = \sqrt {AB^2 + AC^2} : \sqrt {AB^2 + BC^2}$;
- $(2) \quad \left({\text{surface of dodecahedron} }\right) : \left({\text{surface of icosahedron} }\right)$
- $ = \left({\text{side of cube} }\right) : \left({\text{side of icosahedron} }\right)$;
- $(3) \quad \left({\text{content of dodecahedron} }\right) : \left({\text{content of icosahedron} }\right)$
- $ = \left({\text{surface of dodecahedron} }\right) : \left({\text{surface of icosahedron} }\right)$;
- and $(4) \quad \left({\text{content of dodecahedron} }\right) : \left({\text{content of icosahedron} }\right)$
- $ = \sqrt {AB^2 + AC^2} : \sqrt {AB^2 + BC^2}$
(The Elements: Book $\text{XIV}$: Proposition $8$ : Summary)
Sources
- 1926: Sir Thomas L. Heath: Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements: Volume 3 (2nd ed.) ... (previous): The Contents of the So-Called Book $\text{XIV}$. By Hypsicles