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Page iv
... figures defined were to be immediately considered , believ- ing that in this way they would be more readily under- stood and remembered . Whenever I have ventured to de- part from the definitions in common use , as in the case of a ...
... figures defined were to be immediately considered , believ- ing that in this way they would be more readily under- stood and remembered . Whenever I have ventured to de- part from the definitions in common use , as in the case of a ...
Page v
... figures depending upon it , had been demonstrated by the usual method of a reductio ad absurdum , at least thirty pages more would have been necessary to obtain the same results as are here obtained . This appeared to be a sufficient ...
... figures depending upon it , had been demonstrated by the usual method of a reductio ad absurdum , at least thirty pages more would have been necessary to obtain the same results as are here obtained . This appeared to be a sufficient ...
Page vi
... figures 49 49 lar polygon 42 Equal perimeters with unequal areas Area of a circle , sector 43 50 Approximate ratio of circumference Planes and their angles · 53 SECTION THIRD . - SOLIDS . 57 Page Page Polyedron Prism Pyramid Cylinder ...
... figures 49 49 lar polygon 42 Equal perimeters with unequal areas Area of a circle , sector 43 50 Approximate ratio of circumference Planes and their angles · 53 SECTION THIRD . - SOLIDS . 57 Page Page Polyedron Prism Pyramid Cylinder ...
Page viii
... figures of the same perimeter . The first man who digested the Elements of Geometry into a regular treatise , was Hippocrates , who lived soon after Pythagoras . This work has not come down to us ; but history informs us , respecting ...
... figures of the same perimeter . The first man who digested the Elements of Geometry into a regular treatise , was Hippocrates , who lived soon after Pythagoras . This work has not come down to us ; but history informs us , respecting ...
Page xii
... figures . Another contemporary of Cavalleri , Roberval of France , invented a method of reasoning which closely resembled the method of indivisibles ; but differed in this , that sur- faces were considered as made up of an indefinite ...
... figures . Another contemporary of Cavalleri , Roberval of France , invented a method of reasoning which closely resembled the method of indivisibles ; but differed in this , that sur- faces were considered as made up of an indefinite ...
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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...