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ABC fig ABCD adjacent altitude angle ACB applied base called centre chord circ circle circumference circumscribed common comprehended cone consequently considered construction contained Corollary cylinder Demonstration described diameter difference distance divided draw drawn entire equal equivalent example extremities faces figure follows formed four give given greater half hence homologous sides inclination inscribed join less let fall manner mean measure meet moreover multiplied namely opposite parallel parallelogram parallelopiped pass perimeter perpendicular plane plane angles polyedron polygon prism PROBLEM proportional proposition pyramid radii radius ratio reason rectangle regular polygon respect right angles Scholium sector segment side BC similar solid angle Solution sphere spherical square straight line suppose surface taken THEOREM third triangle ABC triangular pyramids vertex vertices whence
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Page 65 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.
Page 21 - If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent.
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Page 63 - The areas of two triangles which have an angle of the one equal to an angle of the other are to each other as the products of the sides including the equal angles. A D A' Hyp. In triangles ABC and A'B'C', To prove AABC A A'B'C' A'B' x A'C ' Proof. Draw the altitudes BD and B'D'.
Page 22 - 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.
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Page 80 - The perimeters of two regular polygons of the same number of sides, are to each other as their homologous sides, and their areas are to each other as the squares of those sides (Prop.
Page 164 - If two triangles have two sides and the inchtded angle of the one respectively equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, the two triangles are equal in all respects.
Page 24 - In the same circle, or in equal circles, equal arcs are subtended by equal chords ; and, conversely, equal chords subtend equal arcs.
Page 153 - XVII.) ; hence two similar pyramids are to each other as the cubes of their homologous sides.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Elements of Geometry |
| Author | Adrien Marie Legendre |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Hilliard and Metcalf, 1825 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 27 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 224 pages |
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