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... polygon and circle may be made to coincide so nearly , as to differ from each other by less than any assignable quantity , has been taken from the Edinburgh Encyclopedia . It is proved in the corollaries that a polygon of an infinite ...
... polygon and circle may be made to coincide so nearly , as to differ from each other by less than any assignable quantity , has been taken from the Edinburgh Encyclopedia . It is proved in the corollaries that a polygon of an infinite ...
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... Polygons and the Measurement of the Circle , 109 BOOK VI . Planes and Solid Angles , 126 BOOK VII . Polyedrons , 142 BOOK VIII . The three round bodies , 166 ยท BOOK IX . Of Spherical Triangles and Spherical Polygons , The regular ...
... Polygons and the Measurement of the Circle , 109 BOOK VI . Planes and Solid Angles , 126 BOOK VII . Polyedrons , 142 BOOK VIII . The three round bodies , 166 ยท BOOK IX . Of Spherical Triangles and Spherical Polygons , The regular ...
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... polygon , and the lines themselves , taken together , form the contour , or perimeter of the polygon . 14. The polygon of three sides , the simplest of all , is called a triangle ; that of four sides , a quadrilateral ; that of five , a ...
... polygon , and the lines themselves , taken together , form the contour , or perimeter of the polygon . 14. The polygon of three sides , the simplest of all , is called a triangle ; that of four sides , a quadrilateral ; that of five , a ...
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... polygon is one which has all its sides equal ; an equiangular polygon , one which has all its angles equal . 20. Two polygons are mutually equilateral , when they have their sides equal each to each , and placed in the same order ; that ...
... polygon is one which has all its sides equal ; an equiangular polygon , one which has all its angles equal . 20. Two polygons are mutually equilateral , when they have their sides equal each to each , and placed in the same order ; that ...
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... polygon , is equal to two right angles , taken as many times less two , as the figure has sides . E Let ABCDEFG be the proposed polygon . If from the vertex of any one angle A , diagonals B AC , AD , AE , AF , be drawn to the vertices ...
... polygon , is equal to two right angles , taken as many times less two , as the figure has sides . E Let ABCDEFG be the proposed polygon . If from the vertex of any one angle A , diagonals B AC , AD , AE , AF , be drawn to the vertices ...
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adjacent adjacent angles altitude angle ACB angle BAC ar.-comp base multiplied bisect Book centre chord circ circumference circumscribed common cone convex surface Cosine Cotang cylinder diagonal diameter dicular distance draw drawn equal angles equally distant equiangular equivalent figure formed four right angles frustum given angle given line gles greater homologous sides hypothenuse inscribed polygon intersection less Let ABC let fall logarithm measured by half number of sides oblique lines opposite parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpen perpendicular plane MN polyedron polygon ABCDE prism proportional PROPOSITION pyramid quadrant quadrilateral quantities radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angled triangle S-ABC Scholium secant secant line segment side BC similar sine solid angle solid described sphere spherical polygon spherical triangle square described straight line tang tangent THEOREM triangle ABC triangular prism vertex