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... polygon is circumscribed about a circle , when all its sides are tangents to the circumference : in the same case , the circle is said to be inscribed in the po- lygon . O PROPOSITION I. THEOREM . Every diameter divides the circle and ...
... polygon is circumscribed about a circle , when all its sides are tangents to the circumference : in the same case , the circle is said to be inscribed in the po- lygon . O PROPOSITION I. THEOREM . Every diameter divides the circle and ...
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... polygon . Regular polygons may have any number of sides : the equi- lateral triangle is one of three sides ; the ... inscribed BOOK V. 109 BOOK V Regular Polygons and the Measurement of the Circle,
... polygon . Regular polygons may have any number of sides : the equi- lateral triangle is one of three sides ; the ... inscribed BOOK V. 109 BOOK V Regular Polygons and the Measurement of the Circle,
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Adrien Marie Legendre Charles Davies. PROPOSITION II . THEOREM . regular polygon may be inscribed in a circle , and circum- scribed about one . Let ABCDE & c . be a regular poly- gon describe a circle through the three points A , B , C ...
Adrien Marie Legendre Charles Davies. PROPOSITION II . THEOREM . regular polygon may be inscribed in a circle , and circum- scribed about one . Let ABCDE & c . be a regular poly- gon describe a circle through the three points A , B , C ...
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Adrien Marie Legendre Charles Davies. Scholium 2. To inscribe a regu- lar polygon ... polygon . PROPOSITION III . PROBLEM . To inscribe a square in a given circle ... inscribed square is to the radius , as the square root of 2 , is to unity ...
Adrien Marie Legendre Charles Davies. Scholium 2. To inscribe a regu- lar polygon ... polygon . PROPOSITION III . PROBLEM . To inscribe a square in a given circle ... inscribed square is to the radius , as the square root of 2 , is to unity ...
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... inscribed hexagon is equal to the radius . Hence to inscribe a regular ... inscribed , the equilateral triangle ACE may be formed by joining the vertices of ... polygon of fifteen sides , Divide the radius AO in extreme and mean ratio at ...
... inscribed hexagon is equal to the radius . Hence to inscribe a regular ... inscribed , the equilateral triangle ACE may be formed by joining the vertices of ... polygon of fifteen sides , Divide the radius AO in extreme and mean ratio at ...
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adjacent altitude angle ACB angle BAC ar.-comp base multiplied bisect Book VII centre chord circ circumference circumscribed common cone convex surface cosine Cotang cylinder diagonal diameter dicular distance divided draw drawn 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 parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpen perpendicular perpendicular let fall 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 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 11 - A right-angled triangle is one which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse.
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 31 - Hence, the interior angles plus four right angles, is equal to twice as many right angles as the polygon...
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 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 159 - S-ahc be the smaller : and suppose Aa to be the altitude of a prism, which having ABC for its base, is equal to their difference. Divide the altitude AT into equal parts Ax, xy, yz, &c. each less than Aa, and let k be one of those parts ; through the points of division...
Page 64 - To inscribe a circle in a given triangle. Let ABC be the given triangle. Bisect the angles A and B by the lines AO and BO, meeting at the point 0.