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4 THE FOURTH DIMENSION another begins is a point, and the straight line itself can be generated by the motion of the point. One portion of a plane is bounded from another by a straight line, and the plane itself can be generated by the straight line moving in a direction not contained in itself. Again, two portions of solid space are limited with regard to each other by a plane; and the plane, moving in a direction not contained in itself, can generate solid space. Thus, going on, we might say that space is that which limits two portions of higher space from each other, and that our space will generate the higher space by moving in a direction not contained in itself. Another indication of the nature of four-dimensional space can be gained by considering the problem of the arrangement of objects. If I have a number of swords of varying degrees of brightness, I can represent them in respect of this quality by points arranged along a straight line. If I place a sword at A, fig. 1., and regard it as having A B C Fig. 1. a certain brightness, then the other swords can be arranged in a series along the line, as at A, B, C, etc., according to their degree of brightness. If I now take account of another quality, say length, they can be arranged in a plane. Starting from A, B, C, I F can find points to represent different degrees of length along such lines as D E AF, BD, CE, drawn from A and B and C. A B C Points on these lines represent different Fig. 2. degrees of length with the same degree of brightness. Thus the whole plane is occupied by points representing all conceivable varieties of brightness and length.
FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SPACE 5 Bringing in a third quantity, say sharpness, I can draw, as in fig. 3, any number of upright G F lines. Let distances along these upright lines represent degrees of D E sharpness, thus the points F and G A B C will represent swords of certain Fig. 3. definite degrees of the three qualities mentioned, and the whole of space will serve to represent all conceivable degrees of these three qualities. If I now bring in a fourth quality, such as weight, and try to find a means of representing it as I did the other three qualities, I find a difficulty. Every point in space is taken up by some conceivable combination of the three qualities already taken. To represent four qualities in the same way as that in which I have represented three, I should need another dimension of space. Thus we may indicate the nature of four-dimensional space by saying that it is a kind of space which would give positions representative of four qualities, as threedimensional space gives positions representative of three qualities.
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CHAPTER VI THE HIGHER WORLD IT is i
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CHAPTER VIII THE USE OF FOUR DIMENS
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APPENDIX I THE MODELS IN Chapter XI
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