New Series of The Mathematical Repository, Volume 5W. Glendinning, 1830 - Mathematics |
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Page 36 - Having given the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle, and the radius of the inscribed circle, to construct the triangle. 33. ABC is a triangle inscribed in a circle, the line joining the middle points of the arcs AB, AC, will cut off equal portions of the two contiguous sides measured from the angle A.
Page 123 - ... in the ratio of the sine of incidence to the sine of refraction (Art. 881.) when the light passes from water into air.
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