Elements of Geometry, Conic Sections, and Plane Trigonometry |
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ABCD altitude angle ABC angle ACB angle BAC base bisect centre centre of symmetry chord circle circumference cone conjugate conjugate hyperbola Cosine Cotang curve described diagonals diameter directrix divided draw ellipse equal to AC equilateral equivalent figure foci frustum given angle given point given straight line greater half Hence homologous hyperbola hypothenuse inscribed intersection join latus rectum less Let ABC line drawn logarithm major axis meet number of sides opposite sides ordinate parabola parallel to BC parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpen perpendicular plane MN polyedron prism produced projection Prop PROPOSITION pyramid quadrant quadrilateral radical axis radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right-angled triangle Scholium secant segment side AC similar sine solid angle sphere spherical square subtangent symmetrical Tang tangent THEOREM transverse axis triangle ABC vertex vertices
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Page 71 - IF a straight line be divided into any two parts, the square of the whole line is equal to the squares of the two parts, together with twice the' rectangle contained by the parts.
Page 23 - BC common to the two triangles, which is adjacent to their equal angles ; therefore their other sides shall be equal, each to each, and the third angle of the one to the third angle of the other, (26.
Page 20 - Wherefore, when a straight line, &c. QED PROP. XIV. THEOR. If, at a point in a straight line, two other straight lines, upon the opposite sides of it, make the adjacent angles together equal to two right angles, these two straight lines shall be in one and the same straight line.
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