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... meets another the two angles which they form are called adjacent angles . Thus , the A- angles ABD and DBC are adjacent . 12. A RIGHT ANGLE is formed by one straight line meeting another so as to make the adjacent angles equal . The ...
... meets another the two angles which they form are called adjacent angles . Thus , the A- angles ABD and DBC are adjacent . 12. A RIGHT ANGLE is formed by one straight line meeting another so as to make the adjacent angles equal . The ...
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... meet , how far soever , either way , both may be produced . They then have the same direction . 17. A PLANE FIGURE is a portion of a plane bounded by lines , either straight or curved . 18. A POLYGON is a plane figure bounded by ...
... meet , how far soever , either way , both may be produced . They then have the same direction . 17. A PLANE FIGURE is a portion of a plane bounded by lines , either straight or curved . 18. A POLYGON is a plane figure bounded by ...
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... . for Scholium . In referring to the same Book , the number of the Book is not given ; in referring to any other Book , the number of the Book is given . PROPOSITION I. THEOREM . If a straight line meet another BOOK I. 19.
... . for Scholium . In referring to the same Book , the number of the Book is not given ; in referring to any other Book , the number of the Book is given . PROPOSITION I. THEOREM . If a straight line meet another BOOK I. 19.
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Adrien Marie Legendre Charles Davies. PROPOSITION I. THEOREM . If a straight line meet another straight line , the sum of the adjacent angles will be equal to two right angles . Let DC meet AB at C : then will the sum of the angles DCA ...
Adrien Marie Legendre Charles Davies. PROPOSITION I. THEOREM . If a straight line meet another straight line , the sum of the adjacent angles will be equal to two right angles . Let DC meet AB at C : then will the sum of the angles DCA ...
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... reasoning until the assumed hypothesis is shown to be false . Its contradictory is thus proved to be true . This method of demonstration is often used in Geometry . PROPOSITION IV . THEOREM . If a straight line meet BOOK I. 23.
... reasoning until the assumed hypothesis is shown to be false . Its contradictory is thus proved to be true . This method of demonstration is often used in Geometry . PROPOSITION IV . THEOREM . If a straight line meet BOOK I. 23.
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AB² ABCD AC² adjacent angles altitude angle ACB apothem Applying logarithms base and altitude centre chord circle circumference circumscribed coincide cone consequently convex surface corresponding cosec Cosine Cotang cylinder denote diameter distance divided draw drawn edges equally distant feet find the area Formula frustum given angle given line greater hence homologous hypothenuse included angle interior angles intersection less Let ABC log sin logarithm lower base mantissa mean proportional measured by half number of sides opposite parallel parallelogram parallelopipedon perimeter perpendicular plane MN polyedral angle polyedron prism PROPOSITION proved pyramid quadrant radii radius rectangle regular polygon right-angled triangle Scholium secant segment semi-circumference side BC similar Sine slant height sphere spherical angle spherical polygon spherical triangle square straight line Tang tangent THEOREM triangle ABC triangular prisms upper base vertex vertices whence
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Page 28 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
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Page 59 - A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc.
Page 124 - If two polygons are composed of the same number of triangles, similar each to each and similarly placed, the polygons are similar.
Page 214 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
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Page 52 - If the product of two quantities is equal to the product of two other quantities, two of them may be made the extremes, and the other two the means of a proportion.
Page 123 - Similar triangles are to each other as the squares of their homologous sides.
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