Proposition: Prop. 10.063: Square on Major Straight Line applied to Rational Straight Line
(Proposition 63 from Book 10 of Euclid's “Elements”)
The square on a major (straight line) applied to a rational (straight line) produces as breadth a fourth binomial (straight line).
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