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" We have endeavoured above to employ only symmetrical figures, such as should not merely be an aid to the sense of sight, but should also be to some extent elegant in themselves. But for merely theoretical purposes the rule of formation would be very simple.... "
Symbolic Logic - Page 118
by John Venn - 1894 - 540 pages
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Philosophical Magazine

Physics - 1880 - 502 pages
...but, of course, it to some extent loses the advantage of the coup d'ceil afforded by a single figure. We have endeavoured above to employ only symmetrical figures, such as should not merely be an aid to the sense of sight, but should also be to some extent elegant in themselves. But...
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The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science

English periodicals - 1880 - 552 pages
...these diagrams are to be used to represent propositions as distinguished from mere terms or classes. We have endeavoured above to employ only symmetrical figures, such as should not merely bo an aid to the sense of sight, but should also be to some extent elegant in themselves. But...
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Another Fine Math You've Got Me Into...

Ian Stewart - Science - 2004 - 294 pages
...with a hole in the middle, but wasn't entirely happy with that either. He said that a solution should 'employ only symmetrical figures, such as should not only be an aid to reasoning, but should also be to some extent elegant in themselves. ' On the other hand, he also said that 'there...
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Cogwheels of the Mind: The Story of Venn Diagrams

A. W. F. Edwards - Mathematics - 2004 - 134 pages
...it to some extent loses the advantage of the coup d'oeil afforded by a single figure. Venn went on, "We have endeavoured above to employ only symmetrical figures, such as should not merely be an aid to the sense of sight, but should also be to some extent elegant in themselves" (in...
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the ..., Volume 10

Science - 1880 - 520 pages
...but, of course, it to some extent loses the advantage of the coup (Peeil afforded by a single figure. We have endeavoured above to employ only symmetrical figures, such as should not merely be an aid to the sense of sight, but should also be to some extent elegant in themselves. But...
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