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... 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 BOOK IX . Of Spherical Triangles and Spherical Polygons , - The regular ...
... 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 BOOK IX . Of Spherical Triangles and Spherical Polygons , - The regular ...
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... these two lines are to each other :: √2 : 1 ( Prop . XI . Cor . 4. ) , but which acquires a greater degree of clearness by the geometrical investigation . BOOK V. REGULAR POLYGONS , AND THE MEASUREMENT OF THE 108 GEOMETRY .
... these two lines are to each other :: √2 : 1 ( Prop . XI . Cor . 4. ) , but which acquires a greater degree of clearness by the geometrical investigation . BOOK V. REGULAR POLYGONS , AND THE MEASUREMENT OF THE 108 GEOMETRY .
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... regular polygon . Regular polygons may have any number of sides : the equi- lateral triangle is one of three sides ; the square is one of four . PROPOSITION I. THEOREM . Two regular polygons of the same number of sides are similar ...
... regular polygon . Regular polygons may have any number of sides : the equi- lateral triangle is one of three sides ; the square is one of four . PROPOSITION I. THEOREM . Two regular polygons of the same number of sides are similar ...
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... regular polygon . PROPOSITION III . PROBLEM . To inscribe a square in a given circle . Draw two diameters AC , BD , cut- ting each other at right angles ; join their extremities A , B , C , D : the figure ABCD will be a square . For the ...
... regular polygon . PROPOSITION III . PROBLEM . To inscribe a square in a given circle . Draw two diameters AC , BD , cut- ting each other at right angles ; join their extremities A , B , C , D : the figure ABCD will be a square . For the ...
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... regular hexagon in a given circle , the radius must be applied six times to the circumference ; which will bring us ... regular decagon ; then a pentagon , and also a regular polygon of fifteen sides , Divide the radius AO in extreme and ...
... regular hexagon in a given circle , the radius must be applied six times to the circumference ; which will bring us ... regular decagon ; then a pentagon , and also a regular polygon of fifteen sides , Divide the radius AO in extreme and ...
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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.