Footnote 76
Supp. Prop., §43a. The reading versam
(as in the MS.) is absurd. We must also read `nat come', as,
if the base were approachable, no such trouble need be taken; see Art.
41. In fact, the present article is a mere repetition of Art.
43, with different numbers, and with a slight difference in the
method of expressing the result. In fig. 18, if b'c' = 3,
bc = 4, we have E'B = 3/12 BC, EB = 4/12 BC; or, subtracting, EE'
= 4-3/12 BC; or BC = 12 EE'. Then add the height of E, viz. Ea,
which = AB.