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William Frothingham Bradbury. BOOK I. ANGLES , LINES , POLYGONS . ANGLES . DEFINITIONS . 1. An Angle is the difference in direction of two lines . If the lines meet , the point of meeting , B , is called the vertex ; and the lines A B , B C ...
William Frothingham Bradbury. BOOK I. ANGLES , LINES , POLYGONS . ANGLES . DEFINITIONS . 1. An Angle is the difference in direction of two lines . If the lines meet , the point of meeting , B , is called the vertex ; and the lines A B , B C ...
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... line D B meet the two lines , AB , BC , so as to make ABD DBC = two right angles : then AB and BC form a straight line . A- B D E C For if A B and B C do not form a straight line , draw BE so that A B and B E shall form a straight line ...
... line D B meet the two lines , AB , BC , so as to make ABD DBC = two right angles : then AB and BC form a straight line . A- B D E C For if A B and B C do not form a straight line , draw BE so that A B and B E shall form a straight line ...
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... Lines are such as have the same direction ; as A B and CD . A- B C -D 14. Corollary . Parallel lines can never meet . For , since parallel lines have the same direction , if they coincided at one point , they would coincide throughout ...
... Lines are such as have the same direction ; as A B and CD . A- B C -D 14. Corollary . Parallel lines can never meet . For , since parallel lines have the same direction , if they coincided at one point , they would coincide throughout ...
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... line cut two parallel lines , 1st . The opposite external and internal angles are equal . 2d . The alternate internal angles are equal . 3d . The internal angles on the same side are supplements of each other . Let EF cut the two parallels ...
... line cut two parallel lines , 1st . The opposite external and internal angles are equal . 2d . The alternate internal angles are equal . 3d . The internal angles on the same side are supplements of each other . Let EF cut the two parallels ...
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... lines A B and CD so as to make E G B = G II D , or AGH = GHD , or BGH and · GHD supplements of each other ; then A B is parallel to CD . For , if through the point G a line E B A Η D C F is drawn parallel to CD , it will make the ...
... lines A B and CD so as to make E G B = G II D , or AGH = GHD , or BGH and · GHD supplements of each other ; then A B is parallel to CD . For , if through the point G a line E B A Η D C F is drawn parallel to CD , it will make the ...
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A B C ABCD adjacent altitude angle ABC apothem arcs A B base and altitude bisect centre chord circ circumference cone construct the triangle convex surface Corollary cube cylinder diagonals diameter distance divided dodecagon EATON'S equal altitudes equally distant equiangular equilateral feet frustum given angle given circle given line given point given side given square half the arc hexagon homologous sides hypothenuse included angle infinite number inscribed internal angles intersection isosceles triangle Let ABCDEF line joining lines A B measured by half number of sides opposite sides parallel planes parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpendicular plane parallel quadrilateral radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon respectively equal rhombus right angles right prism right pyramid right triangle Scholium secant segment similar triangles slant height sphere tangent THEOREM VII trapezoid triangle ABC vertex
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Page 25 - Four quantities are in proportion when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth.
Page 30 - If any number of quantities are proportional, any antecedent is to its consequent as the sum of all the antecedents is to the sum of all the consequents. Let a : b = c : d = e :f Now ab = ab (1) and by Theorem I.
Page 27 - If the product of two quantities is equal to the product of two others, the...
Page 43 - The area of a regular polygon is equal to half the product of its perimeter and apothem.
Page 11 - If two triangles have two sides, and the included angle of the one equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, each to each, the two triangles are equal in all respects.
Page 23 - If two triangles have two sides of one respectively equal to two sides of the other, but the third sides unequal...
Page 20 - ... polygon, is equal to twice as many right angles as the polygon has sides minus two.
Page 49 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 70 - A right cylinder is a solid described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides.
Page 64 - DEFINITIONS. 1 . A straight line is perpendicular to a plane, when it is perpendicular to every straight line of the plane which it meets.