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... tangent , and the point in common , the point of contact . 2. Circles are said to touch each other when they meet , but do not cut . 3. Straight lines are said to be equally distant from the centre of a circle , when the perpendiculars ...
... tangent , and the point in common , the point of contact . 2. Circles are said to touch each other when they meet , but do not cut . 3. Straight lines are said to be equally distant from the centre of a circle , when the perpendiculars ...
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... only in one point . Also , there can but one straight line touch a circle in a given point . Corollary 2. A tangent is at right angles to the radius through the point of contact . Also the line drawn 7 GEOMETRY . - BOOK III . 73.
... only in one point . Also , there can but one straight line touch a circle in a given point . Corollary 2. A tangent is at right angles to the radius through the point of contact . Also the line drawn 7 GEOMETRY . - BOOK III . 73.
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... tangent . Corollary 3. - If a line touch a circle , and from the point of contact a perpendicular be drawn , the centre of the circle is in that line . Proposition 15 . Problem . To draw a straight line from a given point , tan- gent to ...
... tangent . Corollary 3. - If a line touch a circle , and from the point of contact a perpendicular be drawn , the centre of the circle is in that line . Proposition 15 . Problem . To draw a straight line from a given point , tan- gent to ...
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... tangent to two inter- secting lines and have a given radius . 4. To describe three equal circles tangent to one another . Construct an equilateral triangle ; make the three angles the centres , and half the sides , the radii of the ...
... tangent to two inter- secting lines and have a given radius . 4. To describe three equal circles tangent to one another . Construct an equilateral triangle ; make the three angles the centres , and half the sides , the radii of the ...
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... tangent at A , the triangles ABC , ADE shall have equal angles ( III . 22 ) . 15. If two circles touch each other externally , the straight lines joining the opposite ends of two parallel chords shall pass through the point of contact ...
... tangent at A , the triangles ABC , ADE shall have equal angles ( III . 22 ) . 15. If two circles touch each other externally , the straight lines joining the opposite ends of two parallel chords shall pass through the point of contact ...
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Page 53 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, is equal to the rectangle contained by the two parts, together with the square of the aforesaid part.
Page 81 - On a given straight line to describe a segment of a circle, containing an angle equal to a given rectilineal angle. Let AB be the given straight line, and...
Page 31 - Any two angles of a triangle are together less than two right angles.
Page 128 - Wherefore, in equal circles &c. QED PROPOSITION B. THEOREM If the vertical angle of a triangle be bisected by a straight line which likewise cuts the base, the rectangle contained by the sides of the triangle is equal to the rectangle contained by the segments of the base, together with the square on the straight line which bisects the angle.
Page 15 - AXIOMS. 1. Things which are equal to the same thing are equal to one another. 2. If equals be added to equals the wholes are equal. 3. If equals be taken from equals the remainders are equal.
Page 82 - To cut off a segment from a given circle which shall contain an angle equal to a given rectilineal angle. Let ABC be the given circle, and D the given rectilineal angle ; it is required to cut off a segment from the circle ABC that shall contain an angle equal to the given angle D.
Page 62 - If a straight line be divided into two equal, and also into two unequal parts ; the squares on the two unequal parts are together double of the square on half the line, and of the square on the line between the points of section.
Page 166 - A be a solid angle contained by any number of plane angles BAC, CAD, DAE, EAF, FAB: these together are less than four right angles. Let the planes...
Page 15 - LET it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. 2. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line.
Page 120 - Similar polygons may be divided into the same number of similar triangles, having the same ratio to one another that the polygons have ; and the polygons have to one another the duplicate ratio of that which their homologous sides have.