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Page ii - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 36 - Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side.
Page 80 - 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 42 - To draw a straight line through a given point parallel to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line...
Page 30 - To bisect a given finite straight line, that is, to divide it into two equal parts. Let AB be the given straight line : it is required to divide it intotwo equal parts.
Page 20 - LET it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point.
Page 38 - Problem. At a given point in a given straight line to make a rectilineal angle equal to a given rectilineal angle.
Page 113 - Wherefore also the angle BAD is equal to the angle CAD : Therefore the angle BAC is cut into two equal angles by the straight line AD.
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Page 36 - The greater angle of every triangle is subtended by the greater side, or has the greater side opposite to it.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Elements of Geometry: Being Chiefly a Selection from Playfair's Geometry |
| Author | John Playfair |
| Editor | Francis Nichols |
| Publisher | A. Walker, 1829 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 186 pages |
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