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... radius or semi- diameter , and every straight line , as AB , which passes through the centre and is terminated each way by the circumference , is called a diameter . By the definition of a circle the radii are all equal , and all the ...
... radius or semi- diameter , and every straight line , as AB , which passes through the centre and is terminated each way by the circumference , is called a diameter . By the definition of a circle the radii are all equal , and all the ...
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... radius CD will fall upon the radius OG , and the point D upon G , therefore the arc AMD is equal to the arc ENG . THEOREM . 103. In the same circle , or in equal circles , if the arc be less than half a circumference , the greater arc ...
... radius CD will fall upon the radius OG , and the point D upon G , therefore the arc AMD is equal to the arc ENG . THEOREM . 103. In the same circle , or in equal circles , if the arc be less than half a circumference , the greater arc ...
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... radius CG ( fig . 51 ) , perpendicular to a chord AB , Fig . 51 . bisects this chord and the arc subtended by it AGB . Demonstration . Draw the radii CA , CB ; these radii are , with respect to the perpendicular CD , two equal oblique ...
... radius CG ( fig . 51 ) , perpendicular to a chord AB , Fig . 51 . bisects this chord and the arc subtended by it AGB . Demonstration . Draw the radii CA , CB ; these radii are , with respect to the perpendicular CD , two equal oblique ...
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... radius OB , will pass through the three points A , B , C. It is thus proved , that the circumference of a circle may be made to pass through any three given points , which are not in the same straight line ; it remains to show , that ...
... radius OB , will pass through the three points A , B , C. It is thus proved , that the circumference of a circle may be made to pass through any three given points , which are not in the same straight line ; it remains to show , that ...
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... radius AC , is a tangent to the circumference . Demonstration . Since every oblique line CE is greater than the ... radius CA , and with respect to this new tangent the radius CA would be an oblique line , and the perpendicular let fall ...
... radius AC , is a tangent to the circumference . Demonstration . Since every oblique line CE is greater than the ... radius CA , and with respect to this new tangent the radius CA would be an oblique line , and the perpendicular let fall ...
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ABC fig adjacent angles altitude angle ACB angle BAD base ABCD bisect centre chord circ circular sector circumference circumscribed common cone consequently construction convex surface Corollary cube cylinder Demonstration diagonals diameter draw drawn equal and parallel equiangular equilateral equivalent faces figure four right angles frustum Geom gles greater hence homologous sides hypothenuse inclination inscribed circle isosceles join less let fall line AC manner mean proportional measure the half meet multiplied number of sides oblique lines opposite parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpendicular plane MN polyedron prism proposition pyramid S-ABC quadrilateral radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angles right-angled triangle Scholium segment semicircumference side BC similar solid angle sphere spherical polygons spherical triangle square described straight line tangent THEOREM three plane angles triangle ABC triangular prism triangular pyramids vertex vertices whence