Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, with a Supplement on the Quadrature of the Circle and the Geometry of Solids ; to which are Added Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry |
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... bisect a given rectilineal angle , that is , to divide it into two equal angles . Let BAC be the given rectilineal ... bisected by the straight line AF . Which was to be done . A B D PROP . X. PROB . To bisect a given finite OF ...
... bisect a given rectilineal angle , that is , to divide it into two equal angles . Let BAC be the given rectilineal ... bisected by the straight line AF . Which was to be done . A B D PROP . X. PROB . To bisect a given finite OF ...
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... 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 into two equal parts . Describe ( 1. 1. ) upon it an equilateral triangle ABC , and bisect ...
... 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 into two equal parts . Describe ( 1. 1. ) upon it an equilateral triangle ABC , and bisect ...
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... bisect ( 10. 1. ) FG in H , and D join CF , CH , CG ; the straight line CH , drawn from the given point C , is perpendicular to the given straight line AB . Because FH is equal to HG , and HC common to the two triangles FHC , GHC , the ...
... bisect ( 10. 1. ) FG in H , and D join CF , CH , CG ; the straight line CH , drawn from the given point C , is perpendicular to the given straight line AB . Because FH is equal to HG , and HC common to the two triangles FHC , GHC , the ...
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... Bisect ( 10. 1. ) AC in E , join BE and produce it to F , and make EF equal to BE ; join al- so FC , and produce AC to G. A E 4 Because AE is equal to EC , and BE ... bisected , it may be demonstrated that the OF GEOMETRY . BOOK I. 31.
... Bisect ( 10. 1. ) AC in E , join BE and produce it to F , and make EF equal to BE ; join al- so FC , and produce AC to G. A E 4 Because AE is equal to EC , and BE ... bisected , it may be demonstrated that the OF GEOMETRY . BOOK I. 31.
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... bisected , it may be demonstrated that the angle BCG , that is ( 15. 1. ) , the angle ACD , is greater than the angle ABC . Therefore if one side , & c . Q. E. D. PROP . XVII . THEOR . Any two angles of a triangle are together less than ...
... bisected , it may be demonstrated that the angle BCG , that is ( 15. 1. ) , the angle ACD , is greater than the angle ABC . Therefore if one side , & c . Q. E. D. PROP . XVII . THEOR . Any two angles of a triangle are together less than ...
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