Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, with a Supplement on the Quadrature of the Circle, and the Geometry of Solids : to which are Added, Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry |
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... diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre , and terminated both ways by the circumference . 14. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter . 15 ...
... diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre , and terminated both ways by the circumference . 14. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter . 15 ...
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... diameter is a straight line joining two of its opposite angles . Let ACDB be a parallelogram , of which BC is a diameter ; the oppo- site sides and angles of the figure are equal to one another ; and the diam- eter BC bisects it ...
... diameter is a straight line joining two of its opposite angles . Let ACDB be a parallelogram , of which BC is a diameter ; the oppo- site sides and angles of the figure are equal to one another ; and the diam- eter BC bisects it ...
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... diameter AB bisects ( 34. 1. ) it ; and the triangle DBC is the half of the parallelogram DBCF , because the diameter DC bisects it ; and the halves of equal things are equal ( 7 . Ax . ) ; therefore the triangle ABC is equal to the ...
... diameter AB bisects ( 34. 1. ) it ; and the triangle DBC is the half of the parallelogram DBCF , because the diameter DC bisects it ; and the halves of equal things are equal ( 7 . Ax . ) ; therefore the triangle ABC is equal to the ...
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... is double ( 34. 1. ) of the triangle ABC , because the diameter AC divides it B C into two equal parts ; wherefore ABCD is also double of the triangle EBC . PROP . XLII . PROB . To describe a parallelogram 36 ELEMENTS.
... is double ( 34. 1. ) of the triangle ABC , because the diameter AC divides it B C into two equal parts ; wherefore ABCD is also double of the triangle EBC . PROP . XLII . PROB . To describe a parallelogram 36 ELEMENTS.
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... diameter of any parallelogram , are equal to one another . Let ABCD be a parallelogram of which the diameter is AC ; let EH , FG be the parallelograms about AC , that is , through which AC passes , and let BK , KD be the other ...
... diameter of any parallelogram , are equal to one another . Let ABCD be a parallelogram of which the diameter is AC ; let EH , FG be the parallelograms about AC , that is , through which AC passes , and let BK , KD be the other ...
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Page 51 - 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 of the line between the points of section, is equal to the square of half the line.
Page 149 - IF an angle of a triangle be bisected by a straight line, which likewise cuts the base ; the rectangle contained by the sides of the triangle is equal to the rectangle contained by the segments of...
Page 12 - 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.
Page 9 - 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 52 - If a straight line be bisected, and produced to any point, the rectangle contained by the whole line thus produced, and the part of it produced, together with the square on half the line bisected, is equal to the square on the straight line which is made up of the half and the part produced.
Page 80 - The angle in a semicircle is a right angle; the angle in a segment greater than a semicircle is less than a right angle; and the angle in a segment less than a semicircle is greater than a right angle.
Page 296 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 50 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, is equal to the rectangle contained by the two parts, together with the square of the aforesaid part.
Page 15 - UPON the same base, and on the same side of it, there cannot be two triangles that have their sides which are terminated in one extremity of the base equal to one another, and likewise those which are terminated in the other extremity.
Page 81 - If a straight line touch a circle, and from the point of contact a straight line be drawn cutting the circle, the angles made by...