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... joins the vertices of two angles not adjacent to each other . AC , in the diagram of Prop . 28 , is a diagonal . XIX . An equilateral polygon is one which has all its sides equal ; an equiangular polygon , one which has all its angles ...
... joins the vertices of two angles not adjacent to each other . AC , in the diagram of Prop . 28 , is a diagonal . XIX . An equilateral polygon is one which has all its sides equal ; an equiangular polygon , one which has all its angles ...
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... join CG . The tri- angle GAC is equal to DEF ( Prop . 6. ) , since , by construction , they have an equal angle in B- each , contained by equal sides ; therefore CG is equal to EF . C E D Now , there may be three cases in the ...
... join CG . The tri- angle GAC is equal to DEF ( Prop . 6. ) , since , by construction , they have an equal angle in B- each , contained by equal sides ; therefore CG is equal to EF . C E D Now , there may be three cases in the ...
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... Join A the vertex , and D the middle point of the base BC . The triangles ADB , ADC , have all the sides of the one respectively equal to those of the other , AD being common , AB = AC ( hyp . ) and BD DC by construction ; therefore ...
... Join A the vertex , and D the middle point of the base BC . The triangles ADB , ADC , have all the sides of the one respectively equal to those of the other , AD being common , AB = AC ( hyp . ) and BD DC by construction ; therefore ...
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... join FC . Q A B E The triangle CBF is equal ABC ; for the angles CBF and CBA are right , the D side CB is common , and the side BF = AB : therefore ( Prop . 6. ) , those triangles are equal , and the angle BCF - BCA . The angle BCA is ...
... join FC . Q A B E The triangle CBF is equal ABC ; for the angles CBF and CBA are right , the D side CB is common , and the side BF = AB : therefore ( Prop . 6. ) , those triangles are equal , and the angle BCF - BCA . The angle BCA is ...
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... join FC , FD . First . The triangle BCF , is equal to the triangle BCA , for they have the right angle CBF - CBA , the side CB common , and the side BF = BA ; hence the third sides , CF and AC are equal . But ABF , being a straight line ...
... join FC , FD . First . The triangle BCF , is equal to the triangle BCA , for they have the right angle CBF - CBA , the side CB common , and the side BF = BA ; hence the third sides , CF and AC are equal . But ABF , being a straight line ...
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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.