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... forming properly a supplement to this arithmetic , is prefixed to the work under the title of an Introduction . The parts omitted in the former edition of this translation on spherical isoperimetrical polygons , and on the regular poly ...
... forming properly a supplement to this arithmetic , is prefixed to the work under the title of an Introduction . The parts omitted in the former edition of this translation on spherical isoperimetrical polygons , and on the regular poly ...
Page x
... formed by the multiplication of three equal factors ; each of these factors is the cube root of this product ; 125 is the product of 5 multiplied twice by itself , or 5 × 5 × 5 ; and 5 is the cube root of 125 . In general A2 , being an ...
... formed by the multiplication of three equal factors ; each of these factors is the cube root of this product ; 125 is the product of 5 multiplied twice by itself , or 5 × 5 × 5 ; and 5 is the cube root of 125 . In general A2 , being an ...
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... formed on the same side of the straight Fig . 34 . line BF , are together equal to two right angles ; for their sum is equal to that of the two angles BAM , MAF ; AM being perpen- dicular to BF . THEOREM . 32. Two straight lines , which ...
... formed on the same side of the straight Fig . 34 . line BF , are together equal to two right angles ; for their sum is equal to that of the two angles BAM , MAF ; AM being perpen- dicular to BF . THEOREM . 32. Two straight lines , which ...
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... formed about a point by two straight lines which cut each other , are together equal to four right angles ; for the angles ACE , BCE , taken together , are equal to two right angles ; also the other angles ACD , BCD , are together equal ...
... formed about a point by two straight lines which cut each other , are together equal to four right angles ; for the angles ACE , BCE , taken together , are equal to two right angles ; also the other angles ACD , BCD , are together equal ...
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... formed by two chords , as BAC . An inscribed triangle is a triangle whose three angles have their vertices in the circumference of the circle , as BAC . * In common discourse the circle is sometimes confounded with its circumference ...
... formed by two chords , as BAC . An inscribed triangle is a triangle whose three angles have their vertices in the circumference of the circle , as BAC . * In common discourse the circle is sometimes confounded with its circumference ...
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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.