Euclid's Elements of Geometry: Chiefly from the Text of Dr. Simson, with Explanatory Notes; a Series of Questions on Each Book; and a Selection of Geometrical Exercises from the Senate-house and College Examination Papers, with Hints, &c. Designed for the Use of the Junior Classes in Public and Private Schools. the first six books, and the portions of the eleventh and twelfth books read at CambridgeLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1868 - 410 pages |
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A₁ ABCD AC is equal Algebraically angle ABC angle ACB angle BAC Apply Euc base BC chord circle ABC constr demonstrated describe a circle diagonals diameter divided double draw equal angles equiangular equilateral triangle equimultiples Euclid exterior angle Geometrical given circle given line given point given straight line gnomon greater hypotenuse inscribed intersection isosceles triangle less Let ABC line BC lines be drawn multiple opposite angles parallelogram parallelopiped pentagon perpendicular plane polygon problem produced Prop proportionals proved Q.E.D. PROPOSITION quadrilateral figure radius ratio rectangle contained rectilineal figure remaining angle right angles right-angled triangle segment semicircle shew shewn similar similar triangles solid angle square on AC tangent THEOREM touch the circle trapezium triangle ABC twice the rectangle vertex vertical angle wherefore
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