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... parallel lines . II . plane figure enclosed by four straight lines , may be called a quad- rangle . III . A quadrangle , whose opposite sides are parallel , may be called a parallelogram . IV . A parallelogram , whose angles are right ...
... parallel lines . II . plane figure enclosed by four straight lines , may be called a quad- rangle . III . A quadrangle , whose opposite sides are parallel , may be called a parallelogram . IV . A parallelogram , whose angles are right ...
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... parallel to AD ; and also GH parallel to AB . A E K F parallelogram may be named by the letters at two opposite angles , as AC . XI . The parallelograms through which B the diagonal passes , may be said G C to be about the diagonal ...
... parallel to AD ; and also GH parallel to AB . A E K F parallelogram may be named by the letters at two opposite angles , as AC . XI . The parallelograms through which B the diagonal passes , may be said G C to be about the diagonal ...
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... parallel lines , it makes the corresponding an- gles equal . Let the straight line EF fall on the two parallel lines AB , CD ; it makes the corresponding angles equal . Because AB is parallel to CD , it is in the same direction ( Def ...
... parallel lines , it makes the corresponding an- gles equal . Let the straight line EF fall on the two parallel lines AB , CD ; it makes the corresponding angles equal . Because AB is parallel to CD , it is in the same direction ( Def ...
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... parallel to the same straight line , are parallel to one another . PROP . IV . PROB . 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 re ...
... parallel to the same straight line , are parallel to one another . PROP . IV . PROB . 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 re ...
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John Playfair. is parallel to CE , and BD falls upon them , the corresponding angles ABC , ECD are equal ; but the angle ACE was shown to be equal to the angle BAC ; therefore the whole exterior angle ACD is equal to the two interior and ...
John Playfair. is parallel to CE , and BD falls upon them , the corresponding angles ABC , ECD are equal ; but the angle ACE was shown to be equal to the angle BAC ; therefore the whole exterior angle ACD is equal to the two interior and ...
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AB is equal AC is equal adjacent angles angle ABC angle ACB angle BAC angle DEF arc AC base BC bisect called centre circle ABCD circle EFGH coincide described diameter divided drawn duplicate ratio equal angles equal circles equal to AC equiangular FGHKL fore four right angles given straight line gnomon greater homologous sides join less Let ABC Let the straight opposite angles parallel parallelogram perpendicular polygon PROB produced Q. E. D. PROP radius rectangle BC rectangle contained rectilineal figure remaining angle right angled triangle secant segment side AC similar sine square of AC straight line AB straight line AC THEOR touches the circle triangle ABC twice the rectangle wherefore whole angle
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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...