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Page 14
The sum of all the successive angles , BAC , CAD , DAE , EAF , formed on the same side of the straight line BF , is equal to two right angles ; for their sum is equal to that of the two adjacent an- , gles , BAC , CAF .
The sum of all the successive angles , BAC , CAD , DAE , EAF , formed on the same side of the straight line BF , is equal to two right angles ; for their sum is equal to that of the two adjacent an- , gles , BAC , CAF .
Page 26
0 1 I Let the parallels AB , CD , be met by the secant line FE : then will ÖGB + GOD , or OGA + GOC , be equal to two right an- A gles . E Alternate angles lie within the parallels , and on different sides of the secant line : AGO ...
0 1 I Let the parallels AB , CD , be met by the secant line FE : then will ÖGB + GOD , or OGA + GOC , be equal to two right an- A gles . E Alternate angles lie within the parallels , and on different sides of the secant line : AGO ...
Page 70
... which have equal bases and altitudes , are equivalent , being halves of equivalent parallelograms . Two rectangles having the same altitude , are to each other as their bases . Let ABCD , AEFD , be two rectan- D gles 70 GEOMETRY .
... which have equal bases and altitudes , are equivalent , being halves of equivalent parallelograms . Two rectangles having the same altitude , are to each other as their bases . Let ABCD , AEFD , be two rectan- D gles 70 GEOMETRY .
Page 71
Let ABCD , AEFD , be two rectan- D gles having the common altitude AD : they are to each other as their bases . AB , AE . A E Suppose , first , that the bases are commensurable , and are to each other , for example , as the numbers 7 ...
Let ABCD , AEFD , be two rectan- D gles having the common altitude AD : they are to each other as their bases . AB , AE . A E Suppose , first , that the bases are commensurable , and are to each other , for example , as the numbers 7 ...
Page 91
Let ABC , DEF , be two similar triangles , having the angle A equal to D , and the angle B - E . Then , first , by reason of the equal an- G gles A and D , according to the last proposition , we shall have ABC DEF :: AB.AC : DE.DF.
Let ABC , DEF , be two similar triangles , having the angle A equal to D , and the angle B - E . Then , first , by reason of the equal an- G gles A and D , according to the last proposition , we shall have ABC DEF :: AB.AC : DE.DF.
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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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