 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1762 - 488 pages
...ftraight line which touches the ' circle in the fame point.' PROP. XVII. PROB. ' I "*O draw a ftraight line from a given point, either without or in the circumference, which fhall touch a given circle. Firft, Let A be a given point without the given circle BCD ; it is required... | |
 | Euclid - 1781 - 552 pages
...f ftraight line which touches the circle in tbe fame point.' PROP. XVII. PRO B. TO draw a ftraight line from a given point, either without or in the circumference, which fhall touch a given circle. Firft, Let A be a given point without the given circle BCD ; it it is required... | |
 | John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1795 - 462 pages
...one ' ftraight line which touches the circle in the fame point.. PROP. XVII. PROS. draw a ftraight line from a given point, either without or in the circumference, which fhall touch a given circle. ..." Firft, let A be a given point without the given circle BCD ; it is... | |
 | Alexander Ingram - Trigonometry - 1799 - 374 pages
...ftraight • 3« line which touches the circle in the fame point. PROP. XVII. PROB. TO draw a ftraight line from a given point, either without or in the circumference, which fhall touch a given circle. Firft, let A be a given point without the given circle BCD ; it is required... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1804 - 528 pages
...one ftraight line * which touches the circle in the fame point." PROP. XVII. PROB. TO draw a ftraight line from a given point, either without or in the circumference, which fhall touch a given circle. Firft, Let A be a given point without the given circle BCD* it e. ». 3.... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1806 - 548 pages
...be but one « straight line which touches the circle in the same point.' PROP. XVII. PROB. TO dravy a straight line from a given point, either without...required to draw a straight line from A which shall touch Book in. the circle. v.— T-_* Find » the centre E of the circle, and join AE ; and from the a 1.... | |
 | John Playfair - Mathematics - 1806 - 320 pages
...but one straight line which touches the circle in the same point. c2. 3. PROP. XVII. PROB. TO draw a straight line from a given point, either without or in the ci/cumference, which shall touch a given circle. A First, let A be a given point without the given... | |
 | Euclid - Geometry - 1810 - 554 pages
...but one c straight line which touches the circle in the same point.' PROP. XVII. PROB. v . TO draw a straight line from a given point, either without...Let A be a given point without the given circle BCD; c A it is required to draw a straight line from A which shall touch Book III. the circle. » s^v*^... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...the straight line which is at right angles to it, as not to cut the circle. Prop. XVII. Prob. To draw a straight line from a given point, either without...circumfer.ence, which shall touch a given circle. Prop. XVIII. Theor. If a btfaight line touches a circle, the straight line drawn from the centre to... | |
 | Euclides - 1814 - 560 pages
...neal angle, and the remaining angle less than any rectili'neal angle.' QED PROP. XVII. PROB. To draw a straight line from a given point, either without...is required to draw a. straight line from A which Booi shall touch the circle. S- 'V Find 3the centre E of the circle, and join AE; and from 'i. 3. the... | |
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To draw a straight line from a given point, either without or in the circumference, which shall touch a given circle. First, let A be a given point without the given circle BCD : it is required to draw a straight line from A which shall touch the circle. 
