The Elements of Euclid: viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth; and also the book of Euclid's Data |
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... BC shall be equal to the base EF ; and the triangle ABC to the tri- angle DEF ; and the other angles , to which the equal sides are opposite , shall be B CE F equal each to each , viz . the angle ABC to the angle DEF , and the angle ACB ...
... BC shall be equal to the base EF ; and the triangle ABC to the tri- angle DEF ; and the other angles , to which the equal sides are opposite , shall be B CE F equal each to each , viz . the angle ABC to the angle DEF , and the angle ACB ...
Page 11
... sides , BF , FC are equal to the two CG , GB , each to each ; and the an- gle BFC is equal to the angle CGB , and the base BC is com- mon to the two triangles BFC , CGB ; wherefore these trian- gles are equalb , and their remaining ...
... sides , BF , FC are equal to the two CG , GB , each to each ; and the an- gle BFC is equal to the angle CGB , and the base BC is com- mon to the two triangles BFC , CGB ; wherefore these trian- gles are equalb , and their remaining ...
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... side AB is also equal to the side AC . For , if AB be not equal to AC , one of them is greater than a 3. 1. the ... BC common to both , the two sides DB , BC are equal to the two AC , CB , each to each ; and the angle DBC is equal ...
... side AB is also equal to the side AC . For , if AB be not equal to AC , one of them is greater than a 3. 1. the ... BC common to both , the two sides DB , BC are equal to the two AC , CB , each to each ; and the angle DBC is equal ...
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... side of the base CD are equal to one another , but the angle ECD is greater than the angle BCD ; wherefore the angle ... BC equal to DG the base EF . The angle BAC is e- qual to the angle EDF . For , if the tri- B angle ABC be ap ...
... side of the base CD are equal to one another , but the angle ECD is greater than the angle BCD ; wherefore the angle ... BC equal to DG the base EF . The angle BAC is e- qual to the angle EDF . For , if the tri- B angle ABC be ap ...
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... BC is equal to EF ; therefore BC coinciding with EF , BA and AC shall coincide with ED and DF ; for , if the base BC ... side of it , there can be two triangles that have their sides which are terminated in one extremity of the ...
... BC is equal to EF ; therefore BC coinciding with EF , BA and AC shall coincide with ED and DF ; for , if the base BC ... side of it , there can be two triangles that have their sides which are terminated in one extremity of the ...
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Page 95 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz.
Page 153 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Page 306 - Again ; the mathematical postulate, that " things which are equal to the same are equal to one another," is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term.
Page 11 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another.
Page 11 - Upon the same base, and on the same side of it, there cannot be two triangles that have their sides which are terminated in one extremity of the base equal to one another, and likewise those which are terminated in the other extremity.
Page 317 - Equiangular parallelograms have to one another the ratio which is compounded of the ratios of their sides.
Page 54 - In every triangle, the square on the side subtending either of the acute angles, is less than the squares on the sides containing that angle, by twice the rectangle contained by either of these sides, and the straight line intercepted between the...
Page 26 - IF a straight line fall upon two parallel straight lines it makes the alternate angles equal to one another ; and the exterior angle equal to the interior and opposite, upon the same side ; and likewise the two interior angles upon the same side together equal to two right angles.
Page 11 - If a straight line meet two straight lines, so as to make the two interior angles on the same side of it taken together less than two right angles...
Page 93 - A circle is said to be described about a rectilineal figure, when the circumference of the circle passes through all the angular points of the figure about which it is described. VII. A straight line is said to be placed in a circle, when the extremities of it are in the circumference of the circle.