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Re:The First 6 Books of the Elements of Euclid with Coloured... by gota on Monday September 18, 2023 @02:51PM (#37560350)
I know it's an old book. I have several copies in multiple languages a couple of meters from where I'm sitting.

None of them have colored designs or interactive elements, so I really struggle to understand your point

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Re:The First 6 Books of the Elements of Euclid with Coloured... by steppi on Monday September 18, 2023 @05:00PM (#37561976)
Oliver Byrne’s 1847 edition of the elements did have colored designs [0]. This website features a digitization of Byrne’s book and defaults to the text as it appears in the original.

[0] https://maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/mathematical-t...

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Re:The First 6 Books of the Elements of Euclid with Coloured... by itishappy on Monday September 18, 2023 @08:42PM (#37564313)
> None of them have colored designs or interactive elements

Euclid didn't include interactivity? Seems like a bit of an oversight.

Anyway, that wasn't the question. Check out the S's on that cover.

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