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Page xix
... and EFGH ) are upon equal bases and between the same parallels , CONSEQUENCE . - They are equal to one another in area . CONSTRUCTION . - Draw BE and CH . XX INTRODUCTION . DEMONSTRATION . Syllogism 1 . Da ( INTRODUCTION . xix.
... and EFGH ) are upon equal bases and between the same parallels , CONSEQUENCE . - They are equal to one another in area . CONSTRUCTION . - Draw BE and CH . XX INTRODUCTION . DEMONSTRATION . Syllogism 1 . Da ( INTRODUCTION . xix.
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... construction of theorems or the solution of problems , but never in the demonstration . The third postulate points out the restricted use allowed to the compasses , namely , only to describe circles , but never to measure or carry ...
... construction of theorems or the solution of problems , but never in the demonstration . The third postulate points out the restricted use allowed to the compasses , namely , only to describe circles , but never to measure or carry ...
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... construction of a theorem is certain things which may be required to be done by means of problems , in order to admit of the truth of the theorem being demonstrated . The demonstration either of a problem or theorem is a succession of ...
... construction of a theorem is certain things which may be required to be done by means of problems , in order to admit of the truth of the theorem being demonstrated . The demonstration either of a problem or theorem is a succession of ...
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... construction of this problem will somewhat vary according to the relative posi- tions of the point A and the line BC . ( e ) Def . 13 and 16 . Construction . ( g ) Ax . 3 . ( h ) Ax . 1 . 2. In practice this problem will be solved by ...
... construction of this problem will somewhat vary according to the relative posi- tions of the point A and the line BC . ( e ) Def . 13 and 16 . Construction . ( g ) Ax . 3 . ( h ) Ax . 1 . 2. In practice this problem will be solved by ...
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... CONSTRUCTION . Produce the equal sides AB and AC ( a ) , and in the produced part of one of them AB take any point F , and from the other cut off AG equal to AF ( b ) . Draw a straight line from Ĉ to F , and from B to G ( c ) . D / B ...
... CONSTRUCTION . Produce the equal sides AB and AC ( a ) , and in the produced part of one of them AB take any point F , and from the other cut off AG equal to AF ( b ) . Draw a straight line from Ĉ to F , and from B to G ( c ) . D / B ...
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AC and CB AC is equal angle ABC angle BCD angle equal area to double area to twice bisect chord circle ABC circumference Constr CONSTRUCTION COROLLARY DB is equal DEMONSTRATION diagonal divided double the rectangle draw equal angles equal in area equal to AC equilateral Euclid external angle Find the center finite straight line Geometry given angle given line greater Hypoth HYPOTHESES intersect join less line BC lines be drawn magnitude major premiss opposite sides parallel parallelogram perpendicular predicate premises produced proposition quadratic equation reductio ad absurdum right angles SCHOLIA SCHOLIUM second power segment sides AC square on AC square on half squares on AB syllogism termed THEOREM THEOREM.-If triangle ABC twice the rectangle twice the square vertex whole line
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Page 24 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 114 - In obtuse-angled triangles, if a perpendicular be drawn from either of the acute angles to the opposite side produced, the square on the side subtending the obtuse angle is greater than the squares on the sides containing the obtuse angle, by twice the rectangle contained by the side...
Page xiv - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another : 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle.
Page 13 - The difference between any two sides of a triangle is less than the third side.
Page 111 - AFC. (in. 21.) Hence in the triangles ADE, AFC, there are two angles in the one respectively equal to two angles in the other, consequently, the third angle CAF is equal to the third angle DAB ; therefore the arc DB is equal to the arc CF, (in.
Page 89 - ... the centre of the circle shall be in that line. Let the straight line DE touch the circle ABC in C, and from C let CA be drawn at right angles to DE ; the centre of the circle is in CA.
Page 70 - EQUAL circles are those of which the diameters are equal, or from the centres of which the straight lines to the circumferences are equal. ' This is not a definition, but a theorem, the truth of ' which is evident; for, if the circles be applied to one ' another, so that their centres coincide, the circles ' must likewise coincide, since the straight lines from
Page 34 - To describe a parallelogram equal to a given rectilineal figure, and having an angle equal to a given rectilineal angle.
Page 22 - If a straight line meet two straight lines, so as to make the two interior angles on the same side of it taken together less than two right angles...