Treatise on Geometry and Trigonometry: For Colleges, Schools and Private Students. Written for the Mathematical Course of Joseph Ray, M.D. |
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adjacent angles altitude angles equal apothem axis base bisect chord circle circumference circumscribed coincide cone Corollary Corollary.-The cosine Cotang curved surface cylinder demonstrated diagonals diameter dicular diedral angle distance divided draw equally distant equivalent EXERCISES faces figure formula four right angles frustum functions Geometry given angle given line given point given straight line given triangle greater Hence homologous homologous lines hypotenuse included angle inscribed intersection isosceles join less let fall mantissa measured number of sides opposite sides parallel lines parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpen perpendicular plane polyedral polyedron prism Problem.-Given pyramid quadrilateral radius ratio regular polygon respectively equal right angled triangle secant similar similarly arranged slant hight sphere spherical excess spherical polygon spherical triangle square student subtracting symmetrical Tang tangent tetraedrons theorem Theorem.-The triangles are equal triedral trirectangular vertex vertices volume
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Page 183 - If two triangles have two sides of the one respectively equal to two sides of the other, and the contained angles supplemental, the two triangles are equal.
Page 238 - The volume of any parallelopiped is equal to the product of its base by its altitude.
Page 72 - Problem. — To draw a line through a given point parallel to a given line.
Page 141 - 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 91 - Conversely, if two angles of a triangle are equal, the sides opposite them are also equal, and the triangle is isosceles.
Page 173 - The areas of two circles are to each other as the squares of their radii ; or, as the squares of their diameters. 502. Corollary. — When the radius is unity, the area is expressed by -. 503. Theorem — The area of a sector is measured by half the product of its arc by its radius.
Page 240 - Corollary — The volume of any pyramid is equal to one-third of the product of its base by its altitude. For any pyramid...
Page 260 - The sum of the angles of a spherical triangle is greater than two and less than six right angles ; that is, greater than 180° and less than 540°. (gr). If A'B'C' is the polar triangle of ABC...
Page 137 - The squa/re described on the difference of two straight lines is equivalent to the sum of the squares described on the two lines, diminished by twice the rectangle contained by the lines.
Page 274 - The areas of the surfaces of two spheres are to each other as the squares of their radii, or as the squares of their diameters.