INDEX

(The numbers refer to the paragraphs)

Abel (1802-1829), [179]

Analogy, [24]

Analytic geometry, [21], [118], [119], 120, [146], [176], [180]

Anharmonic ratio, [46], [161], [184], [185]

Apollonius (second half of third century B.C.), [70]

Archimedes (287-212 B.C.), [176]

Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), [169]

Asymptotes, [111], [113], [114], [115], 116, [117], [118], [148]

Axes of a conic, [148]

Axial pencil, [7], [8], [23], [50], [54]

Axis of perspectivity, [8], [47]

Bacon (1561-1626), [162]

Bisection, [41], [109]

Brianchon (1785-1864), [84], [85], [86], 88, [89], [90], [95], [105], [113], [174], [184]

Calculus, [176]

Carnot (1796-1832), [179]

Cauchy (1789-1857), [179], [181]

Cavalieri (1598-1647), [162]

Center of a conic, [107], [112], [148]

Center of involution, [141], [142]

Center of perspectivity, [8]

Central conic, [120]

Chasles (1793-1880), [168], [179], [180], 184

Circle, [21], [73], [80], [145], [146], [147]

Circular involution, [147], [149], [150], 151

Circular points, [146]

Class of a curve, [183]

Classification of conics, [110]

Collineation, [175]

Concentric pencils, [50]

Cone of the second order, [59]

Conic, [73], [81]

Conjugate diameters, [114], [148]

Conjugate normal, [151]

Conjugate points and lines, [100], 109, [138], [139], [140]

Constants in an equation, [21]

Contingent relations, [180], [181]

Continuity, [180], [181]

Continuous correspondence, [9], [10], 21, [49]

Corresponding elements, [64]

Counting, [1], [4]

Cross ratio, [46]

Darboux, [176], [186]

De Beaugrand, [170]

Degenerate pencil of rays of the second order, [58], [93]

Degenerate point-row of the second order, [56], [78]

De la Hire (1640-1718), [168], [171], 175

Desargues (1593-1662), [25], [26], [40], 121, [125], [162], [163], [164], [165], [166], 167, [168], [169], [170], [171], [174], [175]

Descartes (1596-1650), [162], [170], 171, [174], [176]

Descriptive geometry, [179]

Diameter, [107]

Directrix, [157], [158], [159], [160]

Double correspondence, [128], [130]

Double points of an involution, [124]

Double rays of an involution, [133], 134

Duality, [94], [104], [161], [180], [182]

Dupin (1784-1873), [174], [184]

Eccentricity of conic, [159]

Ellipse, [110], [111], [162]

Equation of conic, [118], [119], [120]

Euclid (ca. 300 B.C.), [6], [22], [104]

Euler (1707-1783), [166]

Fermat (1601-1665), [162], [171]

Foci of a conic, [152], [153], [154], [155], 156, [157], [158], [159], [160], [161], [162]

Fourier (1768-1830), [179]

Fourth harmonic, [29]

Fundamental form, [7], [16], [23], [36], 47, [60], [184]

Galileo (1564-1642), [162], [169], [170], 176

Gauss (1777-1855), [179]

Gergonne (1771-1859), [182], [184]

Greek geometry, [161]

Hachette (1769-1834), [179], [184]

Harmonic conjugates, [29], [30], [39]

Harmonic elements, [86], [49], [91], 163, [185]

Harmonic lines, [33], [34], [35], [66], [67]

Harmonic planes, [34], [35]

Harmonic points, [29], [31], [32], [33], 34, [35], [36], [43], [71], [161]

Harmonic tangents to a conic, 91, [92]

Harvey (1578-1657), [169]

Homology, [180], [182]

Huygens (1629-1695), [162]

Hyperbola, [110], [111], [113], [114], [115], 116, [117], [118], [162]

Imaginary elements, [146], [180], [181], 182, [185]

Infinitely distant elements, [6], [9], 22, [39], [40], [41], [104], [107], [110]

Infinity, [4], [5], [10], [12], [13], [14], [15], 17, [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [41]

Involution, [37], [123], [124], [125], [126], 127, [128], [129], [130], [131], [132], [133], 134, [135], [136], [137], [138], [139], [140], 161, [163], [170]

Kepler (1571-1630), [162]

Lagrange (1736-1813), [176], [179]

Laplace (1749-1827), [179]

Legendre (1752-1833), [179]

Leibniz (1646-1716), [173]

Linear construction, [40], [41], [42]

Maclaurin (1698-1746), [177], [178]

Measurements, [23], [40], [41], [104]

Mersenne (1588-1648), [168], [171]

Metrical theorems, [40], [104], [106], 107, [141]

Middle point, [39], [41]

Möbius (1790-1868), [179]

Monge (1746-1818), [179], [180]

Napier (1550-1617), [162]

Newton (1642-1727), [177]

Numbers, [4], [21], [43]

Numerical computations, [43], [44], 46

One-to-one correspondence, [1], [2], 3, [4], [5], [6], [7], [9], [10], [11], [24], [36], 87, [43], [60], [104], [106], [184]

Opposite sides of a hexagon, [70]

Opposite sides of a quadrilateral, 28, [29]

Order of a form, [7], [10], [11], [12], [13], 14, [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21]

Pappus (fourth century A.D.), 161

Parabola, [110], [111], [112], [119], [162]

Parallel lines, [39], [41], [162]

Pascal (1623-1662), [69], [70], [74], [75], 76, [77], [78], [95], [105], [125], [162], 169, [171], [172], [173]

Pencil of planes of the second order, [59]

Pencil of rays, [6], [7], [8], [23]; of the second order, [57], [60], [79], [81]

Perspective position, [6], [8], [35], [37], 51, [53], [71]

Plane system, [16], [23]

Planes on space, [17]

Point of contact, [87], [88], [89], [90]

Point system, [16], [23]

Point-row, [6], [7], [8], [9], [23]; of the second order, [55], [60], [61], [66], [67], [72]

Points in space, [18]

Pole and polar, [98], [99], [100], [101], 138, [164], [166]

Poncelet (1788-1867), [177], [179], 180, [181], [182], [183], [184]

Principal axis of a conic, [157]

Projection, [161]

Protective axial pencils, [59]

Projective correspondence, [9], [35], 36, [37], [47], [71], [92], [104]

Projective pencils, [53], [64], [68]

Projective point-rows, [51], [79]

Projective properties, [24]

Projective theorems, [40], [104]

Quadrangle, [26], [27], [28], [29]

Quadric cone, [59]

Quadrilateral, [88], [95], [96]

Roberval (1602-1675), [168]

Ruler construction, [40]

Scheiner, [169]

Self-corresponding elements, [47], 48, [49], [50], [51]

Self-dual, [105]

Self-polar triangle, [102]

Separation of elements in involution, 148

Separation of harmonic conjugates, 38

Sequence of points, [49]

Sign of segment, [44], [45]

Similarity, [106]

Skew lines, [12]

Space system, [19], [23]

Sphere, [21]

Steiner (1796-1863), [129], [130], [131], 177, [179], [184]

Steiner's construction, [129], [130], 131

Superposed point-rows, [47], [48], [49]

Surfaces of the second degree, [166]

System of lines in space, [20], [23]

Systems of conics, [125]

Tangent line, [61], [80], [81], [87], [88], 89, [90], [91], [92]

Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), [162]

Verner, [161]

Vertex of conic, [157], [159]

Von Staudt (1798-1867), [179], [185]

Wallis (1616-1703), [162]