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The regular Polyedrons , BOOK VII . · BOOK VIII . BOOK IX . Of Spherical Triangles and Spherical Polygons , - APPENDIX . 34 41 57 88888 68 98 109 126 142 166 186 205 PLANE TRIGONOMETRY . Division of the Circumference , General Ideas.
The regular Polyedrons , BOOK VII . · BOOK VIII . BOOK IX . Of Spherical Triangles and Spherical Polygons , - APPENDIX . 34 41 57 88888 68 98 109 126 142 166 186 205 PLANE TRIGONOMETRY . Division of the Circumference , General Ideas.
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Division of the Circumference , General Ideas relating to the Trigonometrical Lines , Theorems and Formulas relating to the Sines , Cosines , T'angents , & c . Construction and Description of the Tables , Description of Table of ...
Division of the Circumference , General Ideas relating to the Trigonometrical Lines , Theorems and Formulas relating to the Sines , Cosines , T'angents , & c . Construction and Description of the Tables , Description of Table of ...
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The circumference of a circle is a curved line , all the points of which are equally distant from a point within , called the centre . The circle is the space terminated by A this curved line . *酱 F H G 2.
The circumference of a circle is a curved line , all the points of which are equally distant from a point within , called the centre . The circle is the space terminated by A this curved line . *酱 F H G 2.
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An inscribed triangle is one which , like BAC , has its three angular points in the circumference . And , generally , an inscribed figure is one , of which all the angles have their vertices in the circumference .
An inscribed triangle is one which , like BAC , has its three angular points in the circumference . And , generally , an inscribed figure is one , of which all the angles have their vertices in the circumference .
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A straight line cannot meet the circumference of a circle in more than two points . For , if it could meet it in three , those three points would be equally distant from the centre ; and hence , there would be three equal straight lines ...
A straight line cannot meet the circumference of a circle in more than two points . For , if it could meet it in three , those three points would be equally distant from the centre ; and hence , there would be three equal straight lines ...
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| 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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