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... circle AFG ; from the point D draw ( 9. 1. ) DF at right angles to EA , and join EBF , AB ; AB touches the circle BCD . A D C E F B Because E is the centre of the circles BCD , AFG , EA is equal to EF , and ED to EB ; therefore the two ...
... circle AFG ; from the point D draw ( 9. 1. ) DF at right angles to EA , and join EBF , AB ; AB touches the circle BCD . A D C E F B Because E is the centre of the circles BCD , AFG , EA is equal to EF , and ED to EB ; therefore the two ...
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... touch a circle , and from the point of contact a straight line be drawn cutting the circle , the angles made by this line with the line touching the circle , shall be equal to the angles which are in the al- ternate segments of the circle ...
... touch a circle , and from the point of contact a straight line be drawn cutting the circle , the angles made by this line with the line touching the circle , shall be equal to the angles which are in the al- ternate segments of the circle ...
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... circle AHB , and because from the point A the extremity of the diameter AE , AD is drawn at right angles to AE , therefore AD ( 8. 3. ) touches the circle ; and because AB drawn from the point of contact A cuts H the circle , the ...
... circle AHB , and because from the point A the extremity of the diameter AE , AD is drawn at right angles to AE , therefore AD ( 8. 3. ) touches the circle ; and because AB drawn from the point of contact A cuts H the circle , the ...
Page 93
... circle , or the circle circumscribed about the figure . II . When each side of a figure touches the circumference of a circle , the figure may be said to be circumscribed , or the circle inscribed . III . A plane rectilineal ...
... circle , or the circle circumscribed about the figure . II . When each side of a figure touches the circumference of a circle , the figure may be said to be circumscribed , or the circle inscribed . III . A plane rectilineal ...
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... circle described from the centre F , at the distance of one of them , shall pass through the ex- tremities of the ... touches ( 8. 3. ) the circle ; therefore the straight lines AB , BC , CA do each of them touch the circle , and ...
... circle described from the centre F , at the distance of one of them , shall pass through the ex- tremities of the ... touches ( 8. 3. ) the circle ; therefore the straight lines AB , BC , CA do each of them touch the circle , and ...
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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...