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... Measurement of Angles , Problems relating to the First and Third Books , BOOK IV . The Proportions of Figures and the Measurement of Areas , - Problems relating to the Fourth Book , 41 57 68 888 98 BOOK V. Regular Polygons and the ...
... Measurement of Angles , Problems relating to the First and Third Books , BOOK IV . The Proportions of Figures and the Measurement of Areas , - Problems relating to the Fourth Book , 41 57 68 888 98 BOOK V. Regular Polygons and the ...
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... measurement of extension . Extension has three dimensions , length , breadth , and height , or thickness . 2. A line is length without breadth , or thickness . The extremities of a line are called points : a point , there- fore , has ...
... measurement of extension . Extension has three dimensions , length , breadth , and height , or thickness . 2. A line is length without breadth , or thickness . The extremities of a line are called points : a point , there- fore , has ...
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... measuring unit an exact number of times , there may perhaps be a smaller unit which will be contained an exact number of times in each of the magnitudes . But if there is no unit of an assignable value , which shall be contained an ...
... measuring unit an exact number of times , there may perhaps be a smaller unit which will be contained an exact number of times in each of the magnitudes . But if there is no unit of an assignable value , which shall be contained an ...
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... , MN : P : Q R : S : : T : V MXR NxS : P × T : Q × V. MxQ = NxP RXV = SXT , we shall have MXQXRXV = NxPxSxT MXRxQxV = N × S × P × T MXR NXS : P × T : QxV . : BOOK III . THE CIRCLE , AND THE MEASUREMENT OF 40 GEOMETRY .
... , MN : P : Q R : S : : T : V MXR NxS : P × T : Q × V. MxQ = NxP RXV = SXT , we shall have MXQXRXV = NxPxSxT MXRxQxV = N × S × P × T MXR NXS : P × T : QxV . : BOOK III . THE CIRCLE , AND THE MEASUREMENT OF 40 GEOMETRY .
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Adrien Marie Legendre Charles Davies. BOOK III . THE CIRCLE , AND THE MEASUREMENT OF ANGLES . Definitions . 1. The circumference of a circle is a curved line , all the points of which are equally distant from a ... Measurement of Angles,
Adrien Marie Legendre Charles Davies. BOOK III . THE CIRCLE , AND THE MEASUREMENT OF ANGLES . Definitions . 1. The circumference of a circle is a curved line , all the points of which are equally distant from a ... Measurement of Angles,
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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.
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Page 20 - In an isosceles triangle the angles opposite the equal sides are equal.
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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.