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Page vi
... common treatises either of arithmetic or algebra ; he is supposed also to be acquainted with the first rules of algebra ; such as the addition and subtraction of quantities , and the most simple operations belonging to equations of the ...
... common treatises either of arithmetic or algebra ; he is supposed also to be acquainted with the first rules of algebra ; such as the addition and subtraction of quantities , and the most simple operations belonging to equations of the ...
Page vii
... common works . The second section of the second part treats of polyedrons and of their measure . This section will be found to be very differ- ent from that relating to the same subject in other treatises ; we have thought we ought to ...
... common works . The second section of the second part treats of polyedrons and of their measure . This section will be found to be very differ- ent from that relating to the same subject in other treatises ; we have thought we ought to ...
Page x
... common ratio , it is evi- dent that the two other ratios may be put into a proportion , since they are each equal to that which is common . If , for ex- ample , we have A : B :: C : D , 2 E X Introduction .
... common ratio , it is evi- dent that the two other ratios may be put into a proportion , since they are each equal to that which is common . If , for ex- ample , we have A : B :: C : D , 2 E X Introduction .
Page xii
... common to the two proportions above obtained , it follows that the other ratios of the same proportions are equal , and that consequently B + A : D + C :: B - A : D - C , or , by changing the place of the means , BABA :: D + C : D - C ...
... common to the two proportions above obtained , it follows that the other ratios of the same proportions are equal , and that consequently B + A : D + C :: B - A : D - C , or , by changing the place of the means , BABA :: D + C : D - C ...
Page xiv
... common measure to the whole , and to be taken for unity ; then A , B , C , D , will each represent a certain number of units , entire or frac- tional , commensurable or incommensurable , and the proportion among the lines A , B , C , D ...
... common measure to the whole , and to be taken for unity ; then A , B , C , D , will each represent a certain number of units , entire or frac- tional , commensurable or incommensurable , and the proportion among the lines A , B , C , D ...
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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.
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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.