Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Lessons in Geometry: For the Use of Beginners
The block is called a body because it occupies space, or, in other words, takes up room. Everything which occupies a portion of space is called a body.
The block is called a cube on account of its Shape. Every body having the Shape Of this block is called a cube.
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