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... sides equal ; a scalene triangle , one which has its three sides unequal . 16. A right - angled triangle is one which has a right angle . The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse . Thus , in the triangle ABC , right ...
... sides equal ; a scalene triangle , one which has its three sides unequal . 16. A right - angled triangle is one which has a right angle . The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse . Thus , in the triangle ABC , right ...
Page 32
... sides and angles are equal . Let ABCD be a parallelogram : then will AB = DC , AD = BC , A = C , and ADC = ABC . PROPOSITION XXVIII . THEOREM . B For , draw the diagonal BD . The triangles ABD , DBC , have a common side BD ; and since ...
... sides and angles are equal . Let ABCD be a parallelogram : then will AB = DC , AD = BC , A = C , and ADC = ABC . PROPOSITION XXVIII . THEOREM . B For , draw the diagonal BD . The triangles ABD , DBC , have a common side BD ; and since ...
Page 113
... side of the regular polygon of fifteen sides , or pentedecagon . It is evident also , that the arc CL is the third of CB . Scholium . Any regular polygon being inscribed , if the arcs subtended by its sides be severally bisected , the ...
... side of the regular polygon of fifteen sides , or pentedecagon . It is evident also , that the arc CL is the third of CB . Scholium . Any regular polygon being inscribed , if the arcs subtended by its sides be severally bisected , the ...
Contents
Ratios and Proportions | 34 |
The Circle and the Measurement of Angles | 41 |
Problems relating to the First and Third Books | 57 |
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adjacent adjacent angles altitude angle ACB angle BAC ar.-comp base multiplied bisect Book VII centre chord circ circumference circumscribed common cone consequently convex surface Cosine Cotang cylinder diagonal diameter dicular distance divided draw drawn equally distant equations equivalent feet figure find the area formed four right angles frustum given angle given line gles greater homologous sides hypothenuse inscribed circle inscribed polygon intersection less Let ABC logarithm M.
M. Sine number of sides opposite parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpen perpendicular plane MN polyedron polygon ABCDE PROBLEM Prop proportional PROPOSITION pyramid quadrant quadrilateral quantities radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angled triangle S-ABC Scholium secant segment similar slant height solid angle solid described sphere spherical polygon spherical triangle square described straight line Tang tangent THEOREM triangle ABC triangular prism vertex
Bibliographic information
| Title | Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry DAVIES' COURSE OF MATHEMATICS |
| Author | Adrien Marie Legendre |
| Editor | Charles Davies |
| Translated by | David Brewster |
| Publisher | A.S. Barnes and Company, 1839 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 14 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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