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... angle DEF , and the angle ACB to the angle DFE . For , if the triangle ABC be applied to DEF , so that the point A may be on D , and the straight line AB upon DE , the point B shall A D E F coincide with the point E , because AB is ...
... angle DEF , and the angle ACB to the angle DFE . For , if the triangle ABC be applied to DEF , so that the point A may be on D , and the straight line AB upon DE , the point B shall A D E F coincide with the point E , because AB is ...
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John Playfair. AC , & angle ВСЕ . BG , CI . 11 SG ER AB , AC , be produced to D and E , the qual to ACB , and the angle CBD to the angle BI ) take any point F , and make AG equal to AF , and join A B C F G E Because AF is equal to AG ...
John Playfair. AC , & angle ВСЕ . BG , CI . 11 SG ER AB , AC , be produced to D and E , the qual to ACB , and the angle CBD to the angle BI ) take any point F , and make AG equal to AF , and join A B C F G E Because AF is equal to AG ...
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... angle DBC is equal to the angle ACB ; therefore ( 4. 1. ) , the base DC is equal to the base AB , and the triangle CBD is equivalent to the triangle ACB , the less to the great- er ; which is absurd . Therefore , AB is not unequal to ...
... angle DBC is equal to the angle ACB ; therefore ( 4. 1. ) , the base DC is equal to the base AB , and the triangle CBD is equivalent to the triangle ACB , the less to the great- er ; which is absurd . Therefore , AB is not unequal to ...
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... angle GBC , or DEF , and the angle ACB to the angle GCB , or DFE . Therefore , if , & c . Q. E. D. PROP . VIII . PROBLEM . To bisect a given finite straight line . Let AB be the given finite straight line ; it is required to bisect ...
... angle GBC , or DEF , and the angle ACB to the angle GCB , or DFE . Therefore , if , & c . Q. E. D. PROP . VIII . PROBLEM . To bisect a given finite straight line . Let AB be the given finite straight line ; it is required to bisect ...
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... angle ACB is equal to the angle FCB ; but ACB is a right angle by the hypothesis , therefore FCB is also a right angle ; but when at a point in a straight line two other straight lines make the adjacent angles equal to two right angles ...
... angle ACB is equal to the angle FCB ; but ACB is a right angle by the hypothesis , therefore FCB is also a right angle ; but when at a point in a straight line two other straight lines make the adjacent angles equal to two right angles ...
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Page 25 - If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts, the rectangle contained by the unequal parts, together with the square on the line between the points of section, is equal to the square on half the line.
Page 13 - To draw a straight line through a given point parallel to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line ; it is required to draw a straight line E iR.
Page 4 - To draw a straight line at right angles to a given straight line, from a given point in the same.
Page 29 - In obtuse-angled triangles, if a perpendicular be drawn from either of the acute angles to the opposite side produced, the square on the side subtending the obtuse angle is greater than the squares on the sides containing the obtuse angle, by twice the rectangle contained by the side...
Page 90 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, &c.
Page 87 - ... magnitudes there be taken more than its half, and from the remainder more than its half, and so on, there shall at length remain a magnitude less than the least of the proposed magnitudes.
Page 1 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 13 - If a side of any triangle be produced, the exterior angle is equal to the two interior and opposite angles; and the three interior angles of every triangle are together equal to two right angles.
Page 64 - 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 19 - 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...