Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry |
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The propositions of Geometry are general truths , and as such , should be stated in general terms , and without reference to particular figures . The method of enunciating them by the aid of particular diagrams seems to have been ...
The propositions of Geometry are general truths , and as such , should be stated in general terms , and without reference to particular figures . The method of enunciating them by the aid of particular diagrams seems to have been ...
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Planes and Solid Angles , Polyedrons , 400mm The Proportions of Figures and the Measurement of Areas , - Problems relating to the Fourth Book , BOOK I. BOOK V. Regular Polygons and the Measurement of the Circle , BOOK VI .
Planes and Solid Angles , Polyedrons , 400mm The Proportions of Figures and the Measurement of Areas , - Problems relating to the Fourth Book , BOOK I. BOOK V. Regular Polygons and the Measurement of the Circle , BOOK VI .
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A plane figure is a plane terminated on all sides by lines , either straight or curved . If the lines are straight , the space they enclose is called a rectilineal figure , or polygon , and the lines themselves , taken together ...
A plane figure is a plane terminated on all sides by lines , either straight or curved . If the lines are straight , the space they enclose is called a rectilineal figure , or polygon , and the lines themselves , taken together ...
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... taken as many times less two , as the figure has sides . Let ABCDEFG be the proposed polygon . If from the vertex of any one angle A , diagonals p , AC , AD , AE , AF , be drawn to the vertices of all the opposite angles , it is ...
... taken as many times less two , as the figure has sides . Let ABCDEFG be the proposed polygon . If from the vertex of any one angle A , diagonals p , AC , AD , AE , AF , be drawn to the vertices of all the opposite angles , it is ...
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that is , equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides , wanting four right angles . Hence , the interior angles plus four right f F 림 angles , is equal to twice as many right angles BOOK I. 31.
that is , equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides , wanting four right angles . Hence , the interior angles plus four right f F 림 angles , is equal to twice as many right angles BOOK I. 31.
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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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