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... angles DCE , BCE . 10. When a straight line AB meets ano- ther straight line CD , so as to make the ad- jacent angles BAC , BAD , equal to each other , each of those angles is called a right angle ; and the line AB is said to be perpen ...
... angles DCE , BCE . 10. When a straight line AB meets ano- ther straight line CD , so as to make the ad- jacent angles BAC , BAD , equal to each other , each of those angles is called a right angle ; and the line AB is said to be perpen ...
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... equal , and its angles right ( Art . 80. ) The rectangle , which has its angles right an- gles , without having its sides equal . same Art . ) . ( See the The parallelogram , or rhomboid , which has its opposite sides parallel . The ...
... equal , and its angles right ( Art . 80. ) The rectangle , which has its angles right an- gles , without having its sides equal . same Art . ) . ( See the The parallelogram , or rhomboid , which has its opposite sides parallel . The ...
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... equal , if , when applied to each other , they coincide throughout their whole extent . They then fill the same space . THEOREM . 27. All right angles are equal to each other . LET the straight line CD be perpendicu- lar to AB , and GH ...
... equal , if , when applied to each other , they coincide throughout their whole extent . They then fill the same space . THEOREM . 27. All right angles are equal to each other . LET the straight line CD be perpendicu- lar to AB , and GH ...
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... angle EGH on ACD : therefore all right angles are equal to each other ( 26. ) . THEOREM . 28. Every straight line , which meets another , makes with it two adjacent angles , the sum of which is equal to two right angles . Let AB and CD ...
... angle EGH on ACD : therefore all right angles are equal to each other ( 26. ) . THEOREM . 28. Every straight line , which meets another , makes with it two adjacent angles , the sum of which is equal to two right angles . Let AB and CD ...
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... equal to two right angles , the exterior sides of these angles will lie in the same straight line . Let ACD and DCB be the two an- gles , C the common vertex , and CD the common side ; then will the exte- rior side CB of the former ...
... equal to two right angles , the exterior sides of these angles will lie in the same straight line . Let ACD and DCB be the two an- gles , C the common vertex , and CD the common side ; then will the exte- rior side CB of the former ...
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adjacent angles altitude angle ACB angle BAC bisect centre chord circ circle circular sector circumference circumscribed common cone construction continued fraction convex surface cosines cylinder diagonals diameter draw drawn equal angles equation equivalent figure formed formulas frustum given angle given line gles greater homologous sides hypotenuse inclination inscribed intersection isosceles less Let ABC let fall likewise measure multiplied number of sides oblique lines opposite parallel parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpendicular plane MN polyedron prism proposition quadrilateral quantities radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon respectively equal right angles right-angled triangle SABC Scholium sector segment semicircumference shewn similar sines solid angle solid described sphere spherical polygons spherical triangle square straight line suppose tang tangent THEOREM third side three angles trian triangle ABC triangular prism triangular pyramids vertex vertices
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Page 74 - Two similar polygons are composed of the same number of triangles, similar each to each, and similarly situated.
Page 26 - CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB E.
Page 176 - The radius of a sphere is a straight line, drawn from the centre to any point of the surface ; the diameter, or axis, is a line passing through this centre, and terminated on both sides by the surface.
Page 243 - If two angles of one triangle are equal to two angles of another triangle, the third angles are equal, and the triangles are mutually equiangular.
Page 58 - Two triangles of the same altitude are to each other as their bases, and two triangles of the same base are to each other as their altitudes. And triangles generally, are to each other, as the products of their bases and altitudes.
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Page 280 - In every plane triangle, the sum of two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite those sides is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 126 - If one of two parallel lines is perpendicular to a plane, the other will also be perpendicular to the same plane.
Page 28 - THEOREM. A straight line cannot meet the circumference of a circle in more than two points.
Page 161 - ... bases simply : hence two prisms of the same altitude are to each other as their bases. For a like reason, two prisms of the same base are to each other as their altitudes.