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... distance of these same points . I have preferred , in order not to render the introduction to geometry too difficult , to sacrifice something of the exactness at which I aimed . Accordingly I shall call a straight line that which is the ...
... distance of these same points . I have preferred , in order not to render the introduction to geometry too difficult , to sacrifice something of the exactness at which I aimed . Accordingly I shall call a straight line that which is the ...
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... distances CA , CB , GE , GF , equal to each other , the distance AB will be equal to the distance EF , and the line EF may be applied to AB , so that the point E will fall upon A , and the point F upon B. These two lines , thus placed ...
... distances CA , CB , GE , GF , equal to each other , the distance AB will be equal to the distance EF , and the line EF may be applied to AB , so that the point E will fall upon A , and the point F upon B. These two lines , thus placed ...
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... distances BC , BE , from it , are equal to one another ; 3. Of any two oblique lines AC , AD , or AE , AD , that which is more remote from the perpendicular is the greater . Demonstration . Produce the perpendicular AB , so that BF = BA ...
... distances BC , BE , from it , are equal to one another ; 3. Of any two oblique lines AC , AD , or AE , AD , that which is more remote from the perpendicular is the greater . Demonstration . Produce the perpendicular AB , so that BF = BA ...
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... distances from the same extremities A and B. Demonstration . 1. Since AC CB , the two oblique lines AD , DB , are drawn to points which are at the same distance from the perpendicular . They are therefore equal ( 52 ) . The same rea ...
... distances from the same extremities A and B. Demonstration . 1. Since AC CB , the two oblique lines AD , DB , are drawn to points which are at the same distance from the perpendicular . They are therefore equal ( 52 ) . The same rea ...
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... distance AM will be necessarily greater than AG . It may be observed , moreover , that if the figure is constructed with care , and AL be taken double of AF , we shall find that AM is exactly double of AG ; also , if AL be taken triple ...
... distance AM will be necessarily greater than AG . It may be observed , moreover , that if the figure is constructed with care , and AL be taken double of AF , we shall find that AM is exactly double of AG ; also , if AL be taken triple ...
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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.