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... right angles to AO , meeting OP , OP ' produced in T , T ' ; therefore the four triangles TAO , T'A'O , PNO , P'N'O , have each a right angle , and the angle at O common , therefore the remaining angles are equal , and the triangles are ...
... right angles to AO , meeting OP , OP ' produced in T , T ' ; therefore the four triangles TAO , T'A'O , PNO , P'N'O , have each a right angle , and the angle at O common , therefore the remaining angles are equal , and the triangles are ...
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... four right angles arc AP angle at O ; ( Euc . VI . 33. ) circumference A'B'C ' And arc A'P ' = four right angles angle at O circumference ABC arc AP circumference A'B'C ' ; arc A'P this will remain true , whatever be the magnitude of ...
... four right angles arc AP angle at O ; ( Euc . VI . 33. ) circumference A'B'C ' And arc A'P ' = four right angles angle at O circumference ABC arc AP circumference A'B'C ' ; arc A'P this will remain true , whatever be the magnitude of ...
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... four right angles , or the whole angular space about a point , is divided into 360 degrees . 9. ( II ) . The decimal division . An attempt has been made by some foreign mathematicians to supersede this by another division of angles more ...
... four right angles , or the whole angular space about a point , is divided into 360 degrees . 9. ( II ) . The decimal division . An attempt has been made by some foreign mathematicians to supersede this by another division of angles more ...
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... four right angles . ( Euc . VI . 33. ) circumference 360 ° 2πη 180 ° • ( art . 3. ) α π ጥ π 17. COR . 1. A α arc Hence the fraction is taken radius as the measure of the angle which is subtended at the centre . If a be the value of a ...
... four right angles . ( Euc . VI . 33. ) circumference 360 ° 2πη 180 ° • ( art . 3. ) α π ጥ π 17. COR . 1. A α arc Hence the fraction is taken radius as the measure of the angle which is subtended at the centre . If a be the value of a ...
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... angles C , be a right angle A + B = 90 ° . so that if one of the acute angles be given the other will also be given . There will therefore be four elements , and the problem will be , having given two of them to find the other two ...
... angles C , be a right angle A + B = 90 ° . so that if one of the acute angles be given the other will also be given . There will therefore be four elements , and the problem will be , having given two of them to find the other two ...
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Page 197 - IF two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, each to each ; and have likewise the angles contained by those sides equal to one another ; they shall likewise have their bases, or third sides, equal ; and the two triangles shall be equal ; and their other angles shall be equal, each to each, viz.
Page 179 - The diameter of a sphere is any straight line which passes through the centre, and is terminated both ways by the superficies of the sphere.
Page 190 - The sum of the three sides of a spherical triangle is less than the circumference of a great circle. Let ABC be any spherical triangle; produce the sides AB, AU, till they meet again in D.
Page 191 - THEOREM. The sum of the sides of a spherical polygon is less than the circumference of a great circle.
Page 181 - ... poles. 751. COR. 2. All great circles of a sphere are equal. 752. COR. 3. Every great circle bisects the sphere. For the two parts into which the sphere is divided can be .so placed that they .will coincide; otherwise there would be points on the surface unequally distant from the centre. 753. COR. 4. Two great circles bisect each other. For the intersection of their planes passes through the centre, and is, therefore, a diameter of each circle. 754.
Page 252 - A solid angle is that which is made by the meeting of more than two plane angles, which are not in the same plane, in one point. X. ' The tenth definition is omitted for reasons given in the notes.
Page 189 - A spherical triangle is a portion of the surface of a sphere, bounded by three arcs of great circles.
Page 181 - An arc of a great circle may be drawn through any two points on the surface of a sphere.
Page 45 - Law of Sines — In any triangle, the sides are proportional to the sines of the opposite angles. That is, sin A = sin B...
Page 9 - The Versed Sine of an arc, is the part of the diameter intercepted between the arc and its sine.