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From one point to another only one straight line can be drawn . 12. Through the same point , only one straight line can be drawn which shall be parallel to a given line . 13. Magnitudes , which being applied to each other , coincide ...
From one point to another only one straight line can be drawn . 12. Through the same point , only one straight line can be drawn which shall be parallel to a given line . 13. Magnitudes , which being applied to each other , coincide ...
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From the point C draw the line CF , making with AC the right angle ACF . Now , since ACD is a straight line , the angle FCD will be a right angle ( Prop . I. Cor . 1. ) ; and since ACE is a straight line , the angle FCE will likewise be ...
From the point C draw the line CF , making with AC the right angle ACF . Now , since ACD is a straight line , the angle FCD will be a right angle ( Prop . I. Cor . 1. ) ; and since ACE is a straight line , the angle FCE will likewise be ...
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If from any point within a triangle , two straight lines be drawn to the extremities of either side , their sum will be less than the sum of the two other sides of the triangle . Let any point , as O , be taken within the triangle BAC ...
If from any point within a triangle , two straight lines be drawn to the extremities of either side , their sum will be less than the sum of the two other sides of the triangle . Let any point , as O , be taken within the triangle BAC ...
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From a given point , without a straight line , only one perpendicular can be drawn to that line . Let A be the point , and DE the given line . A Let us suppose that we can draw two perpendiculars , AB , AC .
From a given point , without a straight line , only one perpendicular can be drawn to that line . Let A be the point , and DE the given line . A Let us suppose that we can draw two perpendiculars , AB , AC .
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Produce the perpendicular AB till BF is equal to AB , and draw FC , FD . D 1 A F First . The triangle BCF , is equal to the triangle BCA , for they have the right angle CBF CBA , the side CB common , and the side BF = BA ; hence the ...
Produce the perpendicular AB till BF is equal to AB , and draw FC , FD . D 1 A F First . The triangle BCF , is equal to the triangle BCA , for they have the right angle CBF CBA , the side CB common , and the side BF = BA ; hence the ...
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| Title | Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry |
| Author | Adrien Marie Legendre |
| Editor | Charles Davies |
| Translated by | David Brewster |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | A.S. Barnes and Company, 1834 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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