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" It will be sufficient to lay the edge of a rule on C, so as to be parallel to a line supposed to pass through B and D, and to mark the point of intersection G. 126. If after a field has been surveyed, and the area computed, the chain is found to be too... "
A Treatise of Plane Trigonometry: To which is Prefixed a Summary View of the ... - Page 69
by Jeremiah Day - 1831 - 155 pages
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Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, with a ...

John Playfair - Mathematics - 1806 - 320 pages
...is the same with the duplicate ratio of their sides ; and hence, also, any two similar rectilineal figures are to each other as the squares of their homologous sides. PROP. XXI. THEOR. Book VI. RECTILINEAL figures, which are similar to the same rectilineal figure, are...
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A Practical Application of the Principles of Geometry to the Mensuration of ...

Jeremiah Day - Measurement - 1815 - 388 pages
...original figure. The area of the trianfle may then be found by multiplying its base into half its eight ; and this will be the contents of the field. In practice,...the area of a field measured by a chain 66.4 feet Jong, be computed to be 32.6036 acres ; what is the area as measured by the true'chain 66 feet long?...
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The complete measurer: or, The whole art of measuring, containing the ...

Thomas Keith - 1817 - 306 pages
...I = 7- X VD — d 3/ \D — d 3/ a — d 3 the solidity of the frustum ABD c. Now all similar plane figures are to each other as the squares of their homologous sides. Therefore A 1 a : : D* : d* or — = — , put each off these equal to m ; then A — * D* and a —...
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Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry: With Notes

Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1822 - 394 pages
...polygon, we shall have S' =p'2? : (A, B, A' B', &c.) Hence S : S': :p2 :p's ; hence the surfaces of similar figures are to each other as the squares of their homologous sides. Let us now proceed to polyedrons. We may take it for granted, that a face is determined by means of...
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The Second [-fifth and Sixth] Part of A Course of Mathematics: Adapted to ...

Jeremiah Day - Geometry - 1824 - 440 pages
...intersection G. Then the triangles DBC and DBG *re equal. (Eue. 37. 1.) Taking from each the common part OBH, there remains BGH equal to DCH. If then the triangle...other as the squares of their homologous sides. (Euc. 20.6.) The proportion may be stated thus ; As the square of the true chain, to the square of that by...
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The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid, with a Commentary and ...

Euclid, Dionysius Lardner - Euclid's Elements - 1828 - 542 pages
...polygon, we shall have S' = ^/i0 : (A, B, A', B', &c.) Hence S : S' : : p2 : p'1 ; hence the surfaces of similar figures are to each other as the squares of their homologous sides. Let us now proceed to polyedrons. We may take it for granted, that a face is determined by means of...
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Elements of Geometry: With Practical Applications, for the Use of Schools

Timothy Walker - Geometry - 1829 - 156 pages
...ABCDE:FGHIK::ABC:FGH. But ABC : FGH : : AB* : p G*. Therefore ABCDE : FGHIK : : AB* : FG*. In other words, similar figures are to each other as the squares of their homologous sides. 117. THEOREM. — Circles are to each other as the squares of their radii. No diagram is necessary...
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Elements of Geometry: Being Chiefly a Selection from Playfair's Geometry

John Playfair - Geometry - 1829 - 210 pages
...other is the same with the duplicate ratio of their sides; and hence, also, any two similar rectilineal figures are to each other as the squares of their homologous sides. CoR. 3. Two similar triangles, or two similar polygons, are to each other as any rectilineal figure...
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A New and Easy Introduction to the Mathematics: Containing. A system of ...

Ira Wanzer - Arithmetic - 1831 - 408 pages
...the polygon ; then multiply that square by the multiplier set against the name *This rule depends on the principle, that similar figures are to each other as the squares oftluir llke sides. The multipllers in the table are the areas of the respective figures to the side...
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The Principles of Plane Trigonometry, Mensuration, Navigation and Surveying ...

Jeremiah Day - Measurement - 1836 - 418 pages
...of the field. In practice, it will not be necessary actually to draw the parallel lines BD, GC, Sic. It will be sufficient to lay the edge of a rule on...homologous sides. (Euc. 20. 6.) The proportion may be staled thus ; As the square of the true chain, to the square of that by which the survey was made ;...
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