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... Figures , ~~~~~~~~ IV . Regular Polygons , and the Measurement of the Circle , APPENDIX TO BOOK IV . on Isoperimetrical Figures V. Planes and Solid Angles , VI . Polyedrons , www . VII . The Sphere , Page 1 24 www 4.7 85 104 110 129 ...
... Figures , ~~~~~~~~ IV . Regular Polygons , and the Measurement of the Circle , APPENDIX TO BOOK IV . on Isoperimetrical Figures V. Planes and Solid Angles , VI . Polyedrons , www . VII . The Sphere , Page 1 24 www 4.7 85 104 110 129 ...
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... figure is a plane terminated on all sides by lines . If the lines are straight , the space they enclose is called a rectitioneal figure or polygon , and the lines themselves taken together form the contour or perimeter of the polygon ...
... figure is a plane terminated on all sides by lines . If the lines are straight , the space they enclose is called a rectitioneal figure or polygon , and the lines themselves taken together form the contour or perimeter of the polygon ...
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... figures , that is , of figures traced on a plane surface . Explanation of Terms and Signs . An axiom is a BOOK I. 3.
... figures , that is , of figures traced on a plane surface . Explanation of Terms and Signs . An axiom is a BOOK I. 3.
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... figure ) be equal to the side EF , the angle B to the angle E , and the angle C to the angle F ; then will the triangle DEF be equal to the triangle ABC . For , to bring about the superposition , let EF be placed on its equal BC ; the ...
... figure ) be equal to the side EF , the angle B to the angle E , and the angle C to the angle F ; then will the triangle DEF be equal to the triangle ABC . For , to bring about the superposition , let EF be placed on its equal BC ; the ...
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... figure ) , situated without the straight line DE , a perpendicular AB be let fall on that straight line , and several oblique lines AE , AC , AD , be drawn to several points in the same line . First , The perpendicular AB will be ...
... figure ) , situated without the straight line DE , a perpendicular AB be let fall on that straight line , and several oblique lines AE , AC , AD , be drawn to several points in the same line . First , The perpendicular AB will be ...
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ACē adjacent adjacent angles altitude angle ACB angle BAC centre chord circ circle circular sector circumference circumscribed common cone consequently construction continued fraction convex surface cosē cosine cylinder demonstration determined diagonal diameter draw drawn equal angles equation equivalent faces figure formulas frustum greater homologous sides hypotenuse inclination inscribed intersection isosceles join less likewise manner measure multiplied number of sides opposite parallel parallelepipedon parallelogram perpendicular plane MN polyedron prism PROBLEM Prop PROPOSITION quadrilateral quantities radii radius ratio rectangle rectilineal triangle regular polygon right angles right-angled triangle SABC Scholium sector segment shew shewn side BC similar sinē sines solid angle sphere spherical polygon spherical triangle square straight line suppose tang tangent THEOREM third side three angles three plane angles triangle ABC triangular pyramids vertex vertices
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Page 152 - AMB be a section, made by a plane, in the sphere, whose centre is C. From the...
Page 24 - THEOREM. In the same circle, or in equal circles, equal arcs are subtended by equal chords ; and, conversely, equal chords subtend equal arcs.
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.
Page 62 - Similar triangles are to each other as the squares of their homologous sides.
Page 211 - If two angles of one triangle are equal to two angles of another triangle, the third angles are equal, and the triangles are mutually equiangular.
Page 187 - Similar cylinders are to each other as the cubes of their altitudes, or as the cubes of the diameters of their bases.
Page 140 - AT into equal parts .Ax, xy, yz, &c., each less than Aa, and let k be one of those parts : through the points of division pass planes parallel to the plane of the bases : the corresponding sections formed by these planes in the two pyramids will be respectively equivalent, namely, DEF to def, GHI to ghi, &c.
Page 150 - The radius of a sphere is a straight line, drawn from the centre to any point...
Page 168 - THEOREM. The surface of a spherical triangle is measured by the excess of the sum of its three angles above two right angles, multiplied by the tri-rectangular triangle.
Page 135 - XII.) ; in like manner, the two solids AQ, AK, having the same base, AOLE, are to each other as their altitudes AD, A M.