Euclid's Elements of geometry, books i. ii. iii. iv1862 |
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AB is equal AC and CD adjacent angles angle ABC angle AGH angle BAC angle BCD angle EAB angle EDF angle equal angles CBA base BC BC is equal bisected circle ABC circumference Conclusion const Construction Construction.-1 Demonstration Demonstration.-1 describe the circle diameter double equal angles equal to CD exterior angle given circle given point given straight line gnomon greater Hypothesis Hypothesis.-Let inscribed interior and opposite isosceles triangle join less Let ABC opposite angle parallel to CD parallelogram perpendicular produced PROPOSITION 13 Q. E. D. PROPOSITION rectangle AD DC rectangle contained rectilineal figure References-Prop remaining angle required to describe right angles segment semicircle Sequence side BC square on AC straight line AC straight line drawn THEOREM touches the circle triangle ABC triangle DEF twice the rectangle
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Page 66 - ... the sides containing the obtuse angle, by twice the rectangle contained by the side upon which, when produced, the perpendicular falls, and the straight line intercepted without the triangle between the perpendicular and the obtuse...
Page 65 - To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, may be equal to the square of the other part.
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