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... drawn , until he has first demonstrated the pos- sibility and pointed out the manner of drawing it . But in three cases the possibility cannot be demonstrated , because it is self - evident . These cases are called postulates , and are ...
... drawn , until he has first demonstrated the pos- sibility and pointed out the manner of drawing it . But in three cases the possibility cannot be demonstrated , because it is self - evident . These cases are called postulates , and are ...
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... drawn through it as in the figure , for the rule may be placed so as to have the point A coincide with its edge , and may then be turned round so as to have ever so many different positions , point A still coinciding with its edge ...
... drawn through it as in the figure , for the rule may be placed so as to have the point A coincide with its edge , and may then be turned round so as to have ever so many different positions , point A still coinciding with its edge ...
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... drawn between or through them . Why ? We might say because there can be but one shortest distance between two points . Or we might say because if the rule were so placed as to have the two points coincide with its edge , it could not be ...
... drawn between or through them . Why ? We might say because there can be but one shortest distance between two points . Or we might say because if the rule were so placed as to have the two points coincide with its edge , it could not be ...
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... drawn through the centre till it meets the circumference each way , is called a diameter . Therefore - a diameter is equal to twice the radius , and all diameters of the same circle are equal- When we wish to speak of any portion of the ...
... drawn through the centre till it meets the circumference each way , is called a diameter . Therefore - a diameter is equal to twice the radius , and all diameters of the same circle are equal- When we wish to speak of any portion of the ...
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... drawn between two points ( 6 ) . Therefore if the two arcs are equal , their chords are equal . We are now to prove the converse , namely if two chords as D G and D F are equal , their arcs are equal . If the chord D G be applied to D F ...
... drawn between two points ( 6 ) . Therefore if the two arcs are equal , their chords are equal . We are now to prove the converse , namely if two chords as D G and D F are equal , their arcs are equal . If the chord D G be applied to D F ...
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A B C D A B fig adjacent angles axis B A C base and altitude base multiplied bisect called centre chord circ circumference coincide convex surface cube cylinder D E F demonstrated diameter divided draw equally distant equivalent found by multiplying frustum geometry given line gles height Hence homologous sides hundredths inches infinite number infinitely small inscribed angles inscribed circle inscribed sphere intersection line A B line drawn linear unit mean proportional method of Exhaustions number of sides parallel sides perimeter perpendicular polyedrons preceding proposition proved pyramid radii radius ratio regular polygon rence right angle right parallelogram right parallelopiped right triangle semicircumference similar triangles solid angles sphere square feet straight line Suppose tangent tion trapezoid triangles A B C triangles are equal triangular prism vertex vertices
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Page ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page xiv - Magnitudes which coincide with one another, that is, which exactly fill the same space, are equal to one another.
Page 30 - 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. D c A' D' Hyp. In triangles ABC and A'B'C', ZA = ZA'. To prove AABC = ABxAC. A A'B'C' A'B'xA'C' Proof. Draw the altitudes BD and B'D'.
Page xiv - LET it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point.
Page 25 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 38 - 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 25 - Multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page xiv - Things which are equal to the same thing are equal to one another. 2. If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal. 3. If equals be taken from equals, the remainders are equal. 4. If equals be added to unequals, the wholes are unequal. 5. If equals be taken from unequals, the remainders are unequal. 6. Things which are double of the same are equal to one another.
Page 42 - The area of a trapezoid is equal to the product of its altitude, by half the sum of its parallel bases.
Page xiv - If a straight line meets two straight lines, so as to make the two interior angles on the same side of it taken together lesi than two right angles...