Source — Euclid's Elements, encoded as an rrxiv paper

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XI.14 Proposition XI.14

Planes to which the same straight line is at right angles will be parallel.

Proof

If the two planes met, the line of intersection (XI.3) would meet the common perpendicular at right angles in two distinct places – contradicting XI.13.

lines 74–74 in main.tex