Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry from the Works of A.M. Legendre: Adapted to the Course of Mathematical Instruction in the United States |
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... divided by B. The Exponential Sign : Thus , A3 , indicates that A is to be taken three times as a factor , or raised to the third power . The Radical Sign , √ : Thus , A , B , indicate that the square root of A , and the cube root of B ...
... divided by B. The Exponential Sign : Thus , A3 , indicates that A is to be taken three times as a factor , or raised to the third power . The Radical Sign , √ : Thus , A , B , indicate that the square root of A , and the cube root of B ...
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... divided into two classes , straight and curved . 4. A STRAIGHT LINE is one which does not change its direction at any point . 5. A CURVED LINE is one which changes its direction at every point . When the sense is obvious , to avoid ...
... divided into two classes , straight and curved . 4. A STRAIGHT LINE is one which does not change its direction at any point . 5. A CURVED LINE is one which changes its direction at every point . When the sense is obvious , to avoid ...
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... divided into two classes , plane and curved surfaces . 8. A PLANE is a surface , such , that if any two of its points be joined by a straight line , that line will lie wholly in the surface . 9. A CURVED SURFACE is a surface which is ...
... divided into two classes , plane and curved surfaces . 8. A PLANE is a surface , such , that if any two of its points be joined by a straight line , that line will lie wholly in the surface . 9. A CURVED SURFACE is a surface which is ...
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... divided into two species trapezoids and parallelograms . 27. A TRAPEZOID is a quadrilateral which has only two of its sides parallel . [ 28. A PARALLELOGRAM is a quadrilateral which has its opposite sides parallel , two and two . There ...
... divided into two species trapezoids and parallelograms . 27. A TRAPEZOID is a quadrilateral which has only two of its sides parallel . [ 28. A PARALLELOGRAM is a quadrilateral which has its opposite sides parallel , two and two . There ...
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... divided by equals , the quotients will be equal . 8. The whole is greater than any of its parts . 9. The whole is equal to the sum of all its parts . 10. All right angles are equal . 11. Only one straight line can be drawn joining two ...
... divided by equals , the quotients will be equal . 8. The whole is greater than any of its parts . 9. The whole is equal to the sum of all its parts . 10. All right angles are equal . 11. Only one straight line can be drawn joining two ...
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AB² ABCD AC² adjacent angles altitude apothem Applying logarithms centre chord circle circumference circumscribed complement cone consequently convex surface cosec cosine Cotang cylinder decimal denote diameter difference distance divided draw drawn edges equal to AC Equation feet find the area Find the logarithmic following RULE frustum given angle greater hence homologous hypothenuse included angle inscribed intersection isosceles less Let ABC log sin lower base lune mantissa number of sides opposite parallel parallelogram parallelopipedon perimeter perpendicular plane MN polar triangle pole polyedral angle polyedron prism proportional PROPOSITION proved pyramid quadrant radii radius rectangle regular polygon right-angled triangle Scholium segment semi-circumference side BC similar sine six right slant height solution sphere spherical angle spherical excess spherical polygon spherical triangle square straight line subtracting Tang tangent THEOREM triangle ABC triedral angle upper base vertex vertices volume whence
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Page 101 - The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base and altitude.
Page 92 - PROBLEM XV. To inscribe a circle in a given triangle. Let ABC be the given triangle. Bisect the angles A and B, by the lines AO and BO, meeting in the point 0 (Prob.
Page 48 - 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 45 - In any triangle, the sum of the two sides containing either angle, is to their difference, as the tangent of half the sum of the two other angles, to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 106 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 33 - THEOREM. If two angles of a triangle are equal, the sides opposite to them are also equal, and consequently, the triangle is isosceles.
Page 18 - A SCALENE TRIANGLE is one which has no two of its sides equal ; as the triangle GH I.
Page 30 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, each to each, and the included angles unequal, the third sides will be unequal; and the greater side will belong to the triangle which has the greater included angle.
Page 8 - The logarithm of any power of a number is equal to the logarithm of the number multiplied by the exponent of the power.
Page 156 - DE, are like parts of the circumferences to which they belong, and similar sectors, as A CH and 'D OE, are like parts of the circles to which they belong : hence, similar arcs are to each other as their radii, and similar sectors are to each other as the squares of their radii.