Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, with Two Books on the Geometry of Solids. To which are Added, Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry |
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... demonstrated to be greater than the circumference of that circle , and the other to be less . In the fame man- ner , the quadrature of the circle is performed only by approximation , or by finding two rect- angles , nearly equal to one ...
... demonstrated to be greater than the circumference of that circle , and the other to be less . In the fame man- ner , the quadrature of the circle is performed only by approximation , or by finding two rect- angles , nearly equal to one ...
Page 11
... demonstrated . T PROP . V. THEOR . HE angles at the base of an Isosceles triangle are equal to one another ; and , if the equal fides be produced , the angles upon the other fide of the base shall also be equal . Let ABC be an isosceles ...
... demonstrated . T PROP . V. THEOR . HE angles at the base of an Isosceles triangle are equal to one another ; and , if the equal fides be produced , the angles upon the other fide of the base shall also be equal . Let ABC be an isosceles ...
Page 18
... demonstrated to be equal to the fame three angles ; and things that are equal to the same are equal d to one another ; therefore the angles CBE , EBD are equal to the angles DBA , ABC ; but CBE , EBD are two right angles ; therefore DBA ...
... demonstrated to be equal to the fame three angles ; and things that are equal to the same are equal d to one another ; therefore the angles CBE , EBD are equal to the angles DBA , ABC ; but CBE , EBD are two right angles ; therefore DBA ...
Page 19
... demonstrated , that no other can be in the same straight line with it but BD , which therefore is in the same staight line with CB . Wherefore , if at a point , & c . Q. E. D. PROP . XV . THEOR . IF two ftraight lines cut one another ...
... demonstrated , that no other can be in the same straight line with it but BD , which therefore is in the same staight line with CB . Wherefore , if at a point , & c . Q. E. D. PROP . XV . THEOR . IF two ftraight lines cut one another ...
Page 19
... demonstrated to be equal to the fame three angles ; and things that are equal to the same are equal d to one another ; therefore the angles CBE , EBD are equal to the angles DBA , ABC ; but CBE , EBD are two right angles ; therefore DBA ...
... demonstrated to be equal to the fame three angles ; and things that are equal to the same are equal d to one another ; therefore the angles CBE , EBD are equal to the angles DBA , ABC ; but CBE , EBD are two right angles ; therefore DBA ...
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Page 19 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz. either the sides adjacent to the equal...
Page 155 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Page 17 - If, at a point in a straight line, two other straight lines upon the opposite sides of it, make the adjacent angles, together equal to two right angles, these two straight lines shall be in one and the same straight line.
Page 9 - Wherefore, from the given point A, a straight line AL has been drawn equal to the given straight line BC.
Page 3 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another.
Page 23 - Therefore all the angles of the figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 12 - ABC: and it has also been proved that the angle FBC is equal to the angle GCB, which are the angles upon the other side of the base. Therefore the angles at the base, &c.
Page 6 - Let it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point.
Page 156 - But by the hypothesis, it is less than a right angle ; which is absurd. Therefore the angles ABC, DEF are not unequal, that is, they are equal : And the angle at A is equal to the angle at D ; wherefore...
Page 44 - If a straight line be bisected, and produced to any point ; the rectangle contained by the whole line thus produced, and the part of it produced...