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Page 10 - An angle less than a right angle is called an acute angle; an angle greater than a right angle and less than two right angles is called an obtuse angle.
Page 11 - Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 parts, called degrees, which are used as a measurement for angles.
Page 9 - To let fall a perpendicular to a given line from a given point outside the line, (a) When the point is accessible: Let AB Fig.