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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... Let AB be the given straight line ; it is required to describe an equilateral triangle upon it . From the centre A ... ABC is an equilateral C D A B E triangle . Because the point A is the centre of the circle BCD , AC is equal ...
... Let AB be the given straight line ; it is required to describe an equilateral triangle upon it . From the centre A ... ABC is an equilateral C D A B E triangle . Because the point A is the centre of the circle BCD , AC is equal ...
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... Let ABC , DEF be two triangles which have the two sides AB , AC equal to the two sides DE , DF , each to each , viz , AB to DE , and AC to DF ; and let the angle BAC be also equal to the angle EDF : then shall the base BC be equal to ...
... Let ABC , DEF be two triangles which have the two sides AB , AC equal to the two sides DE , DF , each to each , viz , AB to DE , and AC to DF ; and let the angle BAC be also equal to the angle EDF : then shall the base BC be equal to ...
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... ABC to the angle DEF , and the angle ACB to DFE . For , if the triangle ABC be applied to the triangle DEF , so that ... Let ABC be an isosceles triangle , of which the side AB is equal to AC , and let the straight lines AB , AC be ...
... ABC to the angle DEF , and the angle ACB to DFE . For , if the triangle ABC be applied to the triangle DEF , so that ... Let ABC be an isosceles triangle , of which the side AB is equal to AC , and let the straight lines AB , AC be ...
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... Let ABC be a triangle having the angle ABC equal to the angle ACB ; the side AB is also equal to the side AC . For , if AB be not equal to AC , one of them is greater than the other : Let AB be the greater , and from it cut ( 3. 1 ...
... Let ABC be a triangle having the angle ABC equal to the angle ACB ; the side AB is also equal to the side AC . For , if AB be not equal to AC , one of them is greater than the other : Let AB be the greater , and from it cut ( 3. 1 ...
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... let CB be equal to DB ; then , in the case in which the vertex of each of the triangles is without the other trian ... ABC , DEF be two triangles having the two sides AB , AC , equal to the two sides DE , DF , each to each , viz ...
... let CB be equal to DB ; then , in the case in which the vertex of each of the triangles is without the other trian ... ABC , DEF be two triangles having the two sides AB , AC , equal to the two sides DE , DF , each to each , viz ...
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