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... frustum of a pyramid . E F A S B 12. The altitude of a pyramid is the perpendicular let fall from the vertex upon the plane of the base , produced if necessary . 13. A pyramid is triangular , quadrangular , & c . according as its base ...
... frustum of a pyramid . E F A S B 12. The altitude of a pyramid is the perpendicular let fall from the vertex upon the plane of the base , produced if necessary . 13. A pyramid is triangular , quadrangular , & c . according as its base ...
Page 147
... frustum of a regular pyra- mid is equal to half the perimeters of its upper and lower bases multiplied by its slant ... frustum ABCDE - d is formed by the equal trapezoids EAae , ABba , & c . and the perpendicular distance between the ...
... frustum of a regular pyra- mid is equal to half the perimeters of its upper and lower bases multiplied by its slant ... frustum ABCDE - d is formed by the equal trapezoids EAae , ABba , & c . and the perpendicular distance between the ...
Page 161
... frustum that remains when the small pyramid is taken away , is equi- valent to the sum of three pyramids having for their common altitude the altitude of the frustum , and for bases the lower base of the frustum , the upper base , and a ...
... frustum that remains when the small pyramid is taken away , is equi- valent to the sum of three pyramids having for their common altitude the altitude of the frustum , and for bases the lower base of the frustum , the upper base , and a ...
Page 162
... frustum of a triangular pyramid , it will be true of every other . Let FGH - hfg be the frustum of a tri- angular pyramid , having parallel bases : through the three points F , g , H , pass the plane FgH ; it will cut off from the ...
... frustum of a triangular pyramid , it will be true of every other . Let FGH - hfg be the frustum of a tri- angular pyramid , having parallel bases : through the three points F , g , H , pass the plane FgH ; it will cut off from the ...
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... frustum : as to its base FKH , we are now to show that this is a mean proportional between the bases FGH and fgh ... frustum of a triangular pyramid is equivalent to three pyramids whose common altitude is that of the frustum and whose ...
... frustum : as to its base FKH , we are now to show that this is a mean proportional between the bases FGH and fgh ... frustum of a triangular pyramid is equivalent to three pyramids whose common altitude is that of the frustum and whose ...
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adjacent altitude angle ACB angle BAC ar.-comp base multiplied bisect Book VII centre chord circ circumference circumscribed common cone consequently convex surface Cosine Cotang cylinder diagonal diameter dicular distance divided draw drawn equal angles equally distant equations equivalent feet figure find the area formed four right angles frustum given angle given line gles greater homologous sides hypothenuse inscribed circle inscribed polygon intersection less Let ABC logarithm number of sides opposite parallel parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpen perpendicular plane MN polyedron polygon ABCDE PROBLEM proportional PROPOSITION pyramid quadrant quadrilateral quantities radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angled triangle S-ABCDE Scholium secant segment similar sine slant height solid angle solid described sphere spherical polygon spherical triangle square described straight line tang tangent THEOREM triangle ABC triangular prism vertex
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Page 241 - In every plane triangle, the sum of two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite those sides is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 19 - If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent.
Page 232 - ... the logarithm of a fraction is equal to the logarithm of the numerator minus the logarithm of the denominator.
Page 168 - The radius of a sphere is a straight line drawn from the centre to any point of the surface ; the diameter or axis is a line passing through this centre, and terminated on both sides by the surface.
Page 18 - America, but know that we are alive, that two and two make four, and that the sum of any two sides of a triangle is greater than the third side.
Page 169 - The convex surface of a cylinder is equal to the circumference of its base multiplied by its altitude, Fig.
Page 20 - In an isosceles triangle the angles opposite the equal sides are equal.
Page 86 - The areas of two triangles which have an angle of the one equal to an angle of the other are to each other as the products of the sides including the equal angles. A D A' Hyp. In triangles ABC and A'B'C', To prove AABC A A'B'C' A'B' x A'C ' Proof. Draw the altitudes BD and B'D'.
Page 225 - B) = cos A cos B — sin A sin B, (6a) cos (A — B) = cos A cos B + sin A sin B...
Page 168 - CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB E.