3. The ends or bounds of a Line are Points.
[illustration]
This is to be understood of a finite Line only, as is the line AB, the ends or bounds whereof are the points A and B: But in a Circular Line it is other∣wise,
The compleat surveyor containing the whole art of surveying of land by the plain table, theodolite, circumferentor, and peractor ... : together with the taking of all manner of heights and distances, either by William Leybourn.
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- The compleat surveyor containing the whole art of surveying of land by the plain table, theodolite, circumferentor, and peractor ... : together with the taking of all manner of heights and distances, either by William Leybourn.
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- Leybourn, William, 1626-1716.
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- London :: Printed by R. & W. Leybourn, for E. Brewster and G. Sawbridge ...,
- 1653.
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"The compleat surveyor containing the whole art of surveying of land by the plain table, theodolite, circumferentor, and peractor ... : together with the taking of all manner of heights and distances, either by William Leybourn." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A48331.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 20, 2025.
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for there, the Point in its motion returneth again to the place where it first began, and so maketh the Line infinite, and the ends or bounds thereof undeterminate.