Bolyai
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In Russia, Nikolai Lobachevsky, and in Hungary János Bolyai, were also exploring the geometries of curved space.
From Forbes ● May 13, 2015
Apparently straight parallel lines drawn upon it would then diverge, as supposed by Bolyai.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Simon Newcomb
In 1823 Bolyai declared with regard to Euclid's so-called axiom of parallels, "I will draw two lines through a given point, both of which will be parallel to a given line."
From Four-Dimensional Vistas by Claude Fayette Bragdon
All these results agree with those of Lobatchewsky and Bolyai.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
This was done by Lobatchewsky and Bolyai, the one a Russian the other a Hungarian geometer, about 1830.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Simon Newcomb
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