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... any merits , they will doubtless com- mend themselves to a candid public ; if not , it must meet the fate of many other things on which much labor has been bestowed in vain . GEOMETRY . BOOK I. THE PRINCIPLES . - DEFINITIONS . PREFACE. ...
... any merits , they will doubtless com- mend themselves to a candid public ; if not , it must meet the fate of many other things on which much labor has been bestowed in vain . GEOMETRY . BOOK I. THE PRINCIPLES . - DEFINITIONS . PREFACE. ...
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... meet , the opening between them is called an angle ; the point of meeting is called the vertex ; and the lines themselves , which are said to contain the angle , are called the sides . Thus the opening between the lines AC , CB , is ...
... meet , the opening between them is called an angle ; the point of meeting is called the vertex ; and the lines themselves , which are said to contain the angle , are called the sides . Thus the opening between the lines AC , CB , is ...
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... meets another straight line , as CD , so as to make the adjacent angles , CAB , BAD , equal to each other , each of these angles is called a right angle , and the line AB is said to be perpendic- ular to CD . A 7. Every angle less than ...
... meets another straight line , as CD , so as to make the adjacent angles , CAB , BAD , equal to each other , each of these angles is called a right angle , and the line AB is said to be perpendic- ular to CD . A 7. Every angle less than ...
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... meet , how far so ever they are pro- duced , ( that is , continued . ) D 10. A plane figure is a plane terminated on all sides by lines . 11. If the bounding lines are straight , the figure is cal- led a polygon ; and the lines ...
... meet , how far so ever they are pro- duced , ( that is , continued . ) D 10. A plane figure is a plane terminated on all sides by lines . 11. If the bounding lines are straight , the figure is cal- led a polygon ; and the lines ...
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... meets another straight line , the sum of the adjacent angles is equal to two right angles . Let the straight line DC meet the line AB at C ; then we are required to prove that the sum of 10 [ BOOK I ADJACENT ANGLES .
... meets another straight line , the sum of the adjacent angles is equal to two right angles . Let the straight line DC meet the line AB at C ; then we are required to prove that the sum of 10 [ BOOK I ADJACENT ANGLES .
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ABCD adjacent angles allel alternate angles altitude angle ABC angles ABD angles is equal antecedent and consequent B. I. Ax base centre circle whose radius circumference circumscribed circumscribed circle Converse of Prop describe an arc diagonal diameter divide draw the line equal angles equal B. I. Prop equal chords equal Prop equal respectively equiangular equivalent feet given angle given line given point given side half hence the triangles hypotenuse included angle inscribed angle Let the triangles line drawn linear units longer than AC multiplied number of sides oblique lines parallel to CD parallelogram perimeter perpendicular PROBLEM prove radii rectangle regular polygons respectively equal right angles Prop right-angled triangle Scholium sides AC similar subtended tangent THEOREM three sides triangles ABC triangles are equal vertex
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Page 31 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 63 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle is equivalent to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 70 - The areas of two triangles which have an angle of the one equal to an angle of the other are to each other as the products of the sides including the equal angles. A D A' Hyp. In triangles ABC and A'B'C', To prove AABC A A'B'C' A'B' x A'C ' Proof. Draw the altitudes BD and B'D'.
Page 53 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 87 - The perimeters of two regular polygons of the same number of sides, are to each other as their homologous sides, and their areas are to each other as the squares of those sides (Prop.
Page 54 - In a series of equal ratios, any antecedent is to its consequent, as the sum of all the antecedents is to the sum of all the consequents. Let a: 6 = c: d = e :/. Then, by Art.
Page 81 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 59 - The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base and its height: A = bx h.
Page 61 - From this proposition it is evident, that the square described on the difference of two lines is equivalent to the sum of the squares described on the lines respectively, minus twice the rectangle contained by the lines.
Page 82 - The side of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle is equal to the radius of the circle.