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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... besides these , are called Trapeziums . XXX . Parallel straight lines , are such as are in the same plane , and which being produced ever so far both ways , do not meet . POSTULATES . I. LET it be granted that a straight 20 ELEMENTS 00 ...
... besides these , are called Trapeziums . XXX . Parallel straight lines , are such as are in the same plane , and which being produced ever so far both ways , do not meet . POSTULATES . I. LET it be granted that a straight 20 ELEMENTS 00 ...
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... produced to any length in a straight line . III . And that a circle may be described from any centre , at any distance from that centre . AXIOMS . I. THINGS which are equal to the same thing are equal to one another . II . If equals be ...
... produced to any length in a straight line . III . And that a circle may be described from any centre , at any distance from that centre . AXIOMS . I. THINGS which are equal to the same thing are equal to one another . II . If equals be ...
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... produced , the angles upon the other side of the base shall also be equal . Let ABC be an isosceles triangle , of which the side AB is equal to AC , and let the straight lines AB , AC be produced to D and E , the angle ABC shall be ...
... produced , the angles upon the other side of the base shall also be equal . Let ABC be an isosceles triangle , of which the side AB is equal to AC , and let the straight lines AB , AC be produced to D and E , the angle ABC shall be ...
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... produce AC , AD to E , F ; therefore , because AC is equal to AD in the triangle F C D ACD , the angles ECD , FDC upon the other side of the base CD are equal ( 5. 1. ) to one ano- ther but the angle ECD is greater than the angle BCD ...
... produce AC , AD to E , F ; therefore , because AC is equal to AD in the triangle F C D ACD , the angles ECD , FDC upon the other side of the base CD are equal ( 5. 1. ) to one ano- ther but the angle ECD is greater than the angle BCD ...
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... produced to any length both ways , and let C be a point without it . It is required to draw a straight line perpendi- C cular to AB from the point C. Take any point D upon the other side of AB , and from the : E centre C , at the ...
... produced to any length both ways , and let C be a point without it . It is required to draw a straight line perpendi- C cular to AB from the point C. Take any point D upon the other side of AB , and from the : E centre C , at the ...
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