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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... line Let AB be the given straight line ; it is required to describe an equilateral triangle upon it . From the ... BC is equal to AB : But it has been proved that CA is equal to AB ; therefore - CA , CB are each of them equal to AB ...
... line Let AB be the given straight line ; it is required to describe an equilateral triangle upon it . From the ... BC is equal to AB : But it has been proved that CA is equal to AB ; therefore - CA , CB are each of them equal to AB ...
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... BC are each of them equal to BG ; and things that are equal to the same are equal to one another ; therefore the straight line AL is equal to BC . Wherefore , from the given point A , a straight line AL has been drawn equal to the ...
... BC are each of them equal to BG ; and things that are equal to the same are equal to one another ; therefore the straight line AL is equal to BC . Wherefore , from the given point A , a straight line AL has been drawn equal to the ...
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... line BC upon EF ; the point C shall also coincide with the point F , because BC is equal to EF : therefore BC coinciding with EF , BA and AC shall coincide with ED , and DF ; for , if BA , and CA do not coincide with ED , and FD ...
... line BC upon EF ; the point C shall also coincide with the point F , because BC is equal to EF : therefore BC coinciding with EF , BA and AC shall coincide with ED , and DF ; for , if BA , and CA do not coincide with ED , and FD ...
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... line CD . AB is cut into two equal parts in the point D. Because AC is equal to CB , and CD common to the two triangles ACD , BCD : the two sides AC , CD , are equal to the two BC , CD , each to each ; but the angle ACD is also equal to ...
... line CD . AB is cut into two equal parts in the point D. Because AC is equal to CB , and CD common to the two triangles ACD , BCD : the two sides AC , CD , are equal to the two BC , CD , each to each ; but the angle ACD is also equal to ...
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... line . At the point B in the straight line AB , let the two straight lines BC , BD upon the opposite sides of AB , make the adjacent an- gles ABC , ABD equal together to two right angles . BD is in the same straight line with CB ...
... line . At the point B in the straight line AB , let the two straight lines BC , BD upon the opposite sides of AB , make the adjacent an- gles ABC , ABD equal together to two right angles . BD is in the same straight line with CB ...
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