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... angles ACD , BCD equal to each other , each is called a right angle . The line DC , thus meeting the line AB , is ... four right an- gles . It is obvious that this angular magnitude has no dependence upon the length of the revolving line ...
... angles ACD , BCD equal to each other , each is called a right angle . The line DC , thus meeting the line AB , is ... four right an- gles . It is obvious that this angular magnitude has no dependence upon the length of the revolving line ...
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... four right angles in integral degrees ; and , in such cases , the sexagesimal division has the preference , since ... angles frequently used , we have given at one point of view the following : A right angle Two right angles Three right ...
... four right angles in integral degrees ; and , in such cases , the sexagesimal division has the preference , since ... angles frequently used , we have given at one point of view the following : A right angle Two right angles Three right ...
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... four angles of a parallelogram are right angles , the figure is called a rectangle . XIX . When the four sides of a rectangle are equal , the figure is called a square . XX . When the four sides of a parallelogram are equal , and the ...
... four angles of a parallelogram are right angles , the figure is called a rectangle . XIX . When the four sides of a rectangle are equal , the figure is called a square . XX . When the four sides of a parallelogram are equal , and the ...
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... right angles ; there- fore all the angles that can be made around the point D , by any number of lines , are equal to four right angles . ( 20. ) The instrument called a square , which is extensively used in the arts for tracing lines ...
... right angles ; there- fore all the angles that can be made around the point D , by any number of lines , are equal to four right angles . ( 20. ) The instrument called a square , which is extensively used in the arts for tracing lines ...
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... angles will be equal to four right angles . For , if from any point in the same plane , straight lines be drawn parallel to the sides of the figure , the angles contained by the straight lines about that point will be equal to the ...
... angles will be equal to four right angles . For , if from any point in the same plane , straight lines be drawn parallel to the sides of the figure , the angles contained by the straight lines about that point will be equal to the ...
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a+b+c AC² altitude angle ACD angle BAC bisect centre chord circ circular sector circumference cone consequently convex surface cylinder diagonal diameter distance draw equal and parallel equiangular equilateral triangle equivalent exterior angle figure formed four right angles given line greater half the arc hypothenuse inscribed circle intersection isosceles join less Let ABC lines drawn magnitude measured by half meet multiplied number of sides opposite angles parallel planes parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpendicular plane MN point G prism PROBLEM produced Prop PROPOSITION pyramid radii radius rectangle regular polygon respectively equal right angles right-angled triangle Sabc Schol Scholium semicircle semicircumference side AC similar similar triangles solid angle solid described sphere spherical triangle square straight line suppose tangent THEOREM three sides triangle ABC triangular prism vertex VIII
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Page 37 - The sum of all the angles of a polygon is equal to twice as many right angles as the polygon has sides, less two.
Page 180 - THEOREM. If one of two parallel lines is perpendicular to a plane, the other will also be perpendicular to this plane. Let AP & ED be parallel lines, of which AP is perpendicular to the plane MN ; then will ED be also perpendicular to this plane.
Page 139 - PROBLEM. To inscribe a circle in a given triangle. Let ABC be the given triangle : it is required to inscribe a circle in the triangle ABC.
Page 224 - The radius of a sphere is a straight line, drawn from the centre to any point of the...
Page 43 - In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle is" called the Hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are cal4ed the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular.
Page 184 - THEOREM. If two angles, not situated in the same plane, have their sides parallel and lying in the same direction, they will be equal, and the planes in which they are situated will be parallel.
Page 10 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another.
Page 226 - We conclude then, that the solidity of a cylinder is equal to the product of its base by its altitude.
Page 22 - If two sides and the included angle of the one are respectively equal to two sides and the included angle of the other...
Page 12 - If equals be added to unequals, the wholes are unequal. V. If equals be taken from unequals, the remainders are unequal. VI. Things which are double of the same, are equal to one another.