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acid agus angle Aristotle axis Beginning BURNSIDE calculate CATHCART centre Cicero circle circumscribed circle cubic curve Deduce Describe determine DOWDEN ellipse Ending English equation equilibrium Euripides Explain expression following passages forces formula French Give an account Give some account given Greek Herodotus horizontal Ibid inscribed intersection Julius Cæsar Latin length literature Lucretius MAHAFFY meaning Mention method Mill Mill's nature OVID perpendicular Pindar plane Plautus position principle PROFESSOR prose prove quadric Quote radius relation respectively right line Roman sides sketch Sophocles square supposed surface syllogism tangents Theocritus theory thou Thucydides tion Translate the following triangle velocity verb vertical weight words Write a note γὰρ δὲ ἐν καὶ μὲν μὴ οἱ οὐκ τὰ τε τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τῷ τῶν ὡς
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