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... bisect a given finite straight line . Let AB be the given finite straight line ; it is required to bisect it . From A , with a radius ( Def . 50. ) AF greater than half AB , describe the arc DFE ; from B , with the same radius ...
... bisect a given finite straight line . Let AB be the given finite straight line ; it is required to bisect it . From A , with a radius ( Def . 50. ) AF greater than half AB , describe the arc DFE ; from B , with the same radius ...
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... bisect ( 8. 1. ) FG in H , and join CF , CH , CG ; the straight line C CH , drawn from the given point C , is perpendicular to the given straight line AB . Because FH E is equal to GH , and CH com- mon to the two triangles FHC , AF H ...
... bisect ( 8. 1. ) FG in H , and join CF , CH , CG ; the straight line C CH , drawn from the given point C , is perpendicular to the given straight line AB . Because FH E is equal to GH , and CH com- mon to the two triangles FHC , AF H ...
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... bisects the parallelogram . PROP . X. THEOR . Two straight lines which are at the same distance at each extremity , are parallel . Let the straight lines AB and CD be at the same distance at A as at B ; they shall be parallel . From A ...
... bisects the parallelogram . PROP . X. THEOR . Two straight lines which are at the same distance at each extremity , are parallel . Let the straight lines AB and CD be at the same distance at A as at B ; they shall be parallel . From A ...
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... bisect ( 8. 1. ) AC in E , and join BE ; produce CA to F , and make EF equal to EB ; and upon AF describe ( 16.2 . ) the square FGHA ; AB is di- vided in H , so that the rectangle AB , BH is equal to the square of AH . Produce GH to K ...
... bisect ( 8. 1. ) AC in E , and join BE ; produce CA to F , and make EF equal to EB ; and upon AF describe ( 16.2 . ) the square FGHA ; AB is di- vided in H , so that the rectangle AB , BH is equal to the square of AH . Produce GH to K ...
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... bisect another straight line in the circle at right angles , the centre of the circle is in the line which bisects the other . PROP . IV . THEOR . If two points be taken in the circumference of a circle , the straight line which joins ...
... bisect another straight line in the circle at right angles , the centre of the circle is in the line which bisects the other . PROP . IV . THEOR . If two points be taken in the circumference of a circle , the straight line which joins ...
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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...