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AABC ABCD altitude arc A B axis base and altitude bisect centre circle circumference circumscribed coincide conical surface COROLLARY cylinder denote diagonals diameter dihedral angle distance divided Draw equal respectively equally distant equilateral equivalent figure frustum Geometry given point greater Hence homologous sides hypotenuse intersection isosceles lateral area lateral edges lateral faces Let A B Let ABC limit line A B measured by arc middle point mutually equiangular number of sides opposite parallel parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpendicular plane MN prism prove pyramid Q. E. D. PROPOSITION radii radius equal ratio rectangles regular polygon right angles right triangle SCHOLIUM segment sides of equal similar polygons slant height sphere spherical angle spherical polygon spherical triangle square subtend surface symmetrical tangent tetrahedron THEOREM third side trihedral vertex vertices volume
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Page 132 - To describe an isosceles triangle having each of the angles at the base double of the third angle.
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Page 206 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
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Page 353 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a surface all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 179 - Any two rectangles are to each other as the products of their bases by their altitudes.
Page 192 - In any triangle, the square of the side opposite an acute angle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides diminished by twice the product of one of those sides and the projection of the other upon that side.
Page 150 - 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. A D A' Hyp. In triangles ABC and A'B'C', To prove AABC A A'B'C' A'B' x A'C ' Proof. Draw the altitudes BD and B'D'.