Proposition: Prop. 11.32: Parallelepipeds of Same Height have Volume Proportional to Bases

(Proposition 32 from Book 11 of Euclid's “Elements”)

Parallelepiped solids which (have) the same height are to one another as their bases.

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  1. Fitzpatrick, Richard: Euclid's "Elements of Geometry"

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