Euclid for the Green Room
Anon
Genre: | Notes, Drollery |
Subjects: | Mathematics, Amusement |
A list of geometrical axioms adapted for theatrical entertainment. For example, 'A line, in mathematical science, is also breadth without length; as, for instance, a Low Comedian's line in a one act farce of practical fun', and 'An obtuse manager is greater than an acute author'. | |
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