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... called books , and the propositions of each book are numbered after the manner of Euclid . It was thought more convenient for purposes of refer- ence to number definitions , propositions , corollaries , & c . , in one continued series ...
... called books , and the propositions of each book are numbered after the manner of Euclid . It was thought more convenient for purposes of refer- ence to number definitions , propositions , corollaries , & c . , in one continued series ...
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... called also their rectangle , is nothing else than the number of linear units contained in A multiplied by the number of linear units con- tained in B ; and we can easily conceive this product to be equal to that which results from the ...
... called also their rectangle , is nothing else than the number of linear units contained in A multiplied by the number of linear units con- tained in B ; and we can easily conceive this product to be equal to that which results from the ...
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... called points . A point , therefore , has no extension . 3. A straight or right line is the shortest way from one point to another . 4. Every line , which is neither a straight line nor composed of straight lines , is a curved line ...
... called points . A point , therefore , has no extension . 3. A straight or right line is the shortest way from one point to another . 4. Every line , which is neither a straight line nor composed of straight lines , is a curved line ...
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... called a rectilineal figure , or polygon ( fig . 6 ) , and the lines taken together make the perimeter of the polygon . Fig . 7 . 14. The polygon of three sides is the most simple of these figures , and is called a triangle ; that of ...
... called a rectilineal figure , or polygon ( fig . 6 ) , and the lines taken together make the perimeter of the polygon . Fig . 7 . 14. The polygon of three sides is the most simple of these figures , and is called a triangle ; that of ...
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... called homologous ( A ) . 21. An Axiom is a proposition , the truth of which is self - evi- dent . A Theorem is a truth which becomes evident by a process of reasoning called a demonstration . A Problem is a question proposed which ...
... called homologous ( A ) . 21. An Axiom is a proposition , the truth of which is self - evi- dent . A Theorem is a truth which becomes evident by a process of reasoning called a demonstration . A Problem is a question proposed which ...
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ABC fig adjacent angles altitude angle ACB angle BAD angles equal base ABCD bisect centre chord circ circular sector circumference circumscribed common cone consequently construction convex surface Corollary cube cylinder Demonstration diagonals diameter draw drawn equal and parallel equiangular equilateral equivalent faces figure four right angles frustum Geom gles greater hence homologous sides hypothenuse inclination inscribed circle intersection isosceles join less let fall line AC manner mean proportional measure the half meet multiplied number of sides oblique lines opposite parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpendicular plane MN polyedron prism proposition quadrilateral radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angles right-angled triangle Scholium segment semicircumference side BC similar solid angle sphere spherical polygons spherical triangle square described straight line tangent THEOREM three plane angles triangle ABC triangular prism 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.
Page ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
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.