| Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1762 - 488 pages
...two ftraight lines, one of which cuts the circle, and the other meets it; if the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle, and the part of it without the circle be equal to the fquare of the line which meets it, the line which meets fhall touch the circle. Let... | |
| Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1775 - 534 pages
...ftraight lines be drawn, one of which cuts the circle, and the other touches it ; the rectangle contained by the whole line •which cuts the circle, and the part of it without the circle, fliall be equal to the fquare of the line which touches it. Let D be any point without the circle ABC,... | |
| Euclid - 1781 - 552 pages
...ftraight lines be drawn, one of which cuts the circle, and the other touches it ; the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle, and the part of it without the circle, fhall be equal to the fquarc of the line which touches it. Let D be any point without the circle ABC,... | |
| Euclid, John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1795 - 462 pages
...ftraight lines be drawn, one of which cuts the circle, and the other touches it ; the reftangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle, and the part of ,t without the circle, fhall be equal to the fquare of the line which touches it. Let D be any point... | |
| Alexander Ingram - Trigonometry - 1799 - 374 pages
...two ftraight lines, one of which cuts the circle, and the other meets it ; if the redlangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle, and the part of it without the circle be equal to the fquare of the line which meets it; the line which meets fliall touch the circle. Let... | |
| John Playfair, Euclid - Circle-squaring - 1804 - 468 pages
...ftraight lines be drawn, one of which cuts the circle, and the other touches it ; the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle, and the part of it without the circle, is equal to the fqua°re of the line which touches it. Let D be any point without the circle ABC, and DCA, DB two ftraight... | |
| Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1804 - 530 pages
...ftraight lines be drawn, one of which cuts the circle, snd the other touches it ; the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle, and the part of it without the circle, fhall be equal to the fquare of the line which touches it. Let D be any point without the circle ABC,... | |
| John Playfair - Mathematics - 1806 - 320 pages
...straight lines be drawn, one of which cuts the circle, and the other touches it, the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle and the part...Let D be any point without the circle ABC, and DCA, PB two straight lines drawn from it, of which DCA cuts dl. 3. e 12- 1. Book III. the circle, and DB... | |
| Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1806 - 546 pages
...the other meets the circle, and that the rectangle AB, BC contained by the whole of the cutting line, and the part of it without the circle, is equal to the square of BD which meets it ; d37. 3. the straight line BD touches d the circle ACD ; and because BD touches... | |
| Euclid - Geometry - 1810 - 554 pages
...it without the circle, shall be equal to the square of the line which touches it. b 6. 2. c. 47. 1. Let D be any point without the circle ABC, and DCA, DB Book III. two straight lines drawn from it, of which DCA cuts the circle, v^M"w and DB touches the... | |
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