Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry Translated from the French of A.M. Legendre, by David Brewster: Revised and Adapted to the Course of Mathematical Instruction in the United States |
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adjacent adjacent angles altitude angle ACB angle BAC ar.-comp base multiplied bisect Book VII centre chord circ circumference circumscribed common cone convex surface Cosine Sine Cotang cylinder diagonal diameter dicular distance divided draw drawn equally distant equations equivalent feet figure find the area formed four right angles frustum given angle given line gles greater hence homologous sides hypothenuse inscribed circle inscribed polygon intersection less Let ABC logarithm number of sides opposite parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpen perpendicular perpendicular let fall plane MN polyedron polygon ABCDE PROBLEM proportional PROPOSITION pyramid quadrant quadrilateral quantities radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angled triangle S-ABC Scholium secant segment similar slant height solid angle solid described sphere spherical polygon spherical triangle square described straight line tang tangent THEOREM triangle ABC triangular prism vertex