Elements of Geometry: On the Basis of Dr. Brewster's Legendre : to which is Added a Book on Proportion, with Notes and Illustrations |
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proof of the mathematical abilities , he The abridgment presems the science in a brought to the task . simple and attiactive form - multiplying the We cheerfully recommend the work to nuniber and adding to the variety of the the ...
proof of the mathematical abilities , he The abridgment presems the science in a brought to the task . simple and attiactive form - multiplying the We cheerfully recommend the work to nuniber and adding to the variety of the the ...
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... between the points A and B. The expression A x ( B + C - D ) represents the product of A by the quantity B + C – D. If A + B were to be multiplied by A – B + C , the product would be indicated thus , - ( A + B ) x ( A - B + C ) .
... between the points A and B. The expression A x ( B + C - D ) represents the product of A by the quantity B + C – D. If A + B were to be multiplied by A – B + C , the product would be indicated thus , - ( A + B ) x ( A - B + C ) .
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If equal quantities are multiplied by the same or equal quantities , the products will be equal . 7. ... If a quantity is both multiplied and divided by the same or an equal quantity , its value will not be altered . 9.
If equal quantities are multiplied by the same or equal quantities , the products will be equal . 7. ... If a quantity is both multiplied and divided by the same or an equal quantity , its value will not be altered . 9.
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The sum of the angles in a quadrilateral is equal to two right - angles multiplied by 4-2 , i . e . to four rightangles : hence if all the angles of a quadrilateral are equal , each of them will be a right - angle . ( Def . 18. ) Cor .
The sum of the angles in a quadrilateral is equal to two right - angles multiplied by 4-2 , i . e . to four rightangles : hence if all the angles of a quadrilateral are equal , each of them will be a right - angle . ( Def . 18. ) Cor .
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That class of compound ratios produced by multiplying a simple ratio into itself , or into another equal ratio , i . e . the square of a simple ratio , is called a duplicate ratio . That produced by multiplying three equal ratios ...
That class of compound ratios produced by multiplying a simple ratio into itself , or into another equal ratio , i . e . the square of a simple ratio , is called a duplicate ratio . That produced by multiplying three equal ratios ...
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Page 196 - THEOREM. Every section of a sphere, made by a plane, is a circle.
Page 176 - AT into equal parts .Ax, xy, yz, &c., each less than Aa, and let k be one of those parts : through the points of division pass planes parallel to the plane of the bases : the corresponding sections formed by these planes in the two pyramids will be respectively equivalent, namely, DEF to def, GHI to ghi, &c.
Page 125 - AB as a diameter, describe a semicircle : at the extremity of the diameter draw the tangent AD, equal to the side of the square C ; through the point D and the centre O draw the secant DF ; then will DE and DF be the adjacent sides of the rectangle required. For...
Page 229 - The area of the circle, we infer therefore, is equal to 3.1415926. Some doubt may exist perhaps about the last decimal figure, owing to errors proceeding from the parts omitted ; but the calculation has been carried on with an additional figure, that the final result here given might be absolutely correct even to the last decimal place. Since the...
Page 118 - B, may be found in the same manner, for it will be the same as a fourth proportional to the three lines A, B, B. PROBLEM IIL To find a mean proportional between two given lines A and B.
Page 176 - DEF, def, are equivalent; for like reasons, the third exterior prism GHI-K and the second interior prism ghi-d are equivalent; the fourth exterior and the third interior ; and so on, to the last in each series. Hence all the exterior prisms of the pyramid...
Page 46 - CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB E.
Page 220 - Let it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point.
Page 101 - In every triangle, the square of the side subtending either of the acute angles, is less than the squares of the sides containing that angle, by twice the rectangle contained by either of these sides, and the straight line intercepted between the acute angle and the perpendicular let fall upon it from the opposite angle.
Page 227 - The surface of a regular inscribed polygon, and that of a similar polygon circumscribed, being given ; to find the surfaces of the regular inscribed and circumscribed polygons having double the number of sides. Let AB be a side of the given inscribed polygon ; EF, parallel to AB, a side of the circumscribed polygon ; C the centre of the circle. If the chord AM and the tangents AP, BQ, be drawn, AM...
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| Title | Elements of Geometry: On the Basis of Dr. Brewster's Legendre : to which is Added a Book on Proportion, with Notes and Illustrations Day and Thomson's Elementary course of mathematics for schools and academies |
| Author | James Bates Thomson |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Durrie and Peck, 1844 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 237 pages |
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