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... manner quite different from that employed in the original work . In Plane Trigonometry , especially , important changes have been made . The sepa- ration of the part which relates to the computations of the sides and angles of triangles ...
... manner quite different from that employed in the original work . In Plane Trigonometry , especially , important changes have been made . The sepa- ration of the part which relates to the computations of the sides and angles of triangles ...
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... manner it may be proved that ACE is equal to DCB . Scholium . The four angles formed about a point by two straight lines , which intersect each other , are together equal to four right angles . For , the sum of BOOK I. 23.
... manner it may be proved that ACE is equal to DCB . Scholium . The four angles formed about a point by two straight lines , which intersect each other , are together equal to four right angles . For , the sum of BOOK I. 23.
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... manner , since the angle F is equal to the angle C , the line FD will take the direction CA , and the point D will be found somewhere in the line CA. Hence , the point D , falling at the same time in the two straight lines BA and CA ...
... manner , since the angle F is equal to the angle C , the line FD will take the direction CA , and the point D will be found somewhere in the line CA. Hence , the point D , falling at the same time in the two straight lines BA and CA ...
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... manner it may be shown that the angle E is equal to B , and the angle F to C : hence , the two triangles are equal ( P. 6 , s ) . Scholium . It may be observed , that when two triangles are equal to each other , the equal angles lie ...
... manner it may be shown that the angle E is equal to B , and the angle F to C : hence , the two triangles are equal ( P. 6 , s ) . Scholium . It may be observed , that when two triangles are equal to each other , the equal angles lie ...
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... manner it may be proved that HGA + GHC is equal to two right angles . Cor . 1. If HGB is a right angle , GHD will be a right angle also therefore , every straight line perpendicular to one of two parallels , is perpendicular to the ...
... manner it may be proved that HGA + GHC is equal to two right angles . Cor . 1. If HGB is a right angle , GHD will be a right angle also therefore , every straight line perpendicular to one of two parallels , is perpendicular to the ...
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Page 24 - If two triangles have two sides and the included angle of the one, equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, each to each, the two triangles will be equal.
Page 38 - That, if a straight line falling on two straight lines make the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, meet on that side on which are the angles less than the two right angles.
Page 227 - A spherical triangle is a portion of the surface of a sphere, bounded by three arcs of great circles.
Page 271 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...
Page 43 - Hence, the interior angles plus four right angles, is equal to twice as many right angles as the polygon has sides, and consequently, equal to the sum of the interior angles plus the sum of the exterior angles.
Page 215 - The surface of a sphere is equal to the product of its diameter by the circumference of a great circle.
Page 107 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and also one side of the one equal to the corresponding side of the other, the triangles are congruent.
Page 93 - The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base and altitude.
Page 231 - The angles of spherical triangles may be compared together, by means of the arcs of great circles described from their vertices as poles and included between their sides : hence it is easy to make an angle of this kind equal to a given angle.
Page 232 - F, be respectively poles of the sides BC, AC, AB. For, the point A being the pole of the arc EF, the distance AE is a 'quadrant ; the point C being the pole of the arc DE, the distance CE is likewise a quadrant : hence the point E is...