A Treatise on Special Or Elementary GeometrySheldon, 1872 - 201 pages |
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... passing a pen or pencil along this edge . COR . Two straight lines can intersect in but one point ; for , if they had two points common , they would coincide and not intersect . Ex . 1. A railroad is to be run from the town A to town B ...
... passing a pen or pencil along this edge . COR . Two straight lines can intersect in but one point ; for , if they had two points common , they would coincide and not intersect . Ex . 1. A railroad is to be run from the town A to town B ...
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... a Circle is a line passing through the centre and terminating in the circumference . B ገ FIG . 27 . B FIG . 28 ABOUT CIRCLES . 19 SECTION II ABOUT CIRCLES 19-25 THEOREMS IN SPECIAL OR ELEMENTARY GEOMETRY 243-267 SECTION II.
... a Circle is a line passing through the centre and terminating in the circumference . B ገ FIG . 27 . B FIG . 28 ABOUT CIRCLES . 19 SECTION II ABOUT CIRCLES 19-25 THEOREMS IN SPECIAL OR ELEMENTARY GEOMETRY 243-267 SECTION II.
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... passing through the centre , as BC or AD , Fig . 28. The portion of the circle included between the chord and its arc , as AmD , is a SEGMENT . 53. A Tangent to a circle is a straight line which touches the circumference , but does not ...
... passing through the centre , as BC or AD , Fig . 28. The portion of the circle included between the chord and its arc , as AmD , is a SEGMENT . 53. A Tangent to a circle is a straight line which touches the circumference , but does not ...
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... passes through the three given points A , B , and C. A N FIG . 3 . Ex . 1. To pass a circumference through the three vertices of a triangle , i . e . , to circumscribe a circumference about a triangle , as this operation is technically ...
... passes through the three given points A , B , and C. A N FIG . 3 . Ex . 1. To pass a circumference through the three vertices of a triangle , i . e . , to circumscribe a circumference about a triangle , as this operation is technically ...
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... passing through the point O. Now let CD turn around , first into the position D'C ' , then into D " C " , etc. , all the time passing through O. It is evident that the angle which this line makes with the line AB is all the time growing ...
... passing through the point O. Now let CD turn around , first into the position D'C ' , then into D " C " , etc. , all the time passing through O. It is evident that the angle which this line makes with the line AB is all the time growing ...
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ABCD adjacent adjacent angles altitude angles equal apothem axis base and altitude bisect centre chord circle whose radius circumference coincide conceive cone cylinder DEM.-If diagonals diameter dicular diedral distance dividers draw drawn edge equal angles equally distant equilateral equivalent exterior angle facial angles fall figure frustum given line given point greater Hence homologous sides inches included angle inscribed inscribed angle intersect isosceles lune measured number of sides oblique lines opposite parallel parallelogram parallelopiped passing pendicular perpen perpendicular plane MN prism Prob Prob.-To produced PROP proportional pyramid Q. E. D. PROPOSITION quadrilateral radii rectangle regular polygon revolve right angled triangle S-ABC secant secant line similar slant height sphere spherical angle spherical triangle square straight line take the direction tangent Theorem.-The area triangle ABC triedral vertex vertices whence
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Page 217 - A spherical triangle is a portion of the surface of a sphere, bounded by three arcs of great circles.
Page 109 - If the diagonals of a parallelogram are equal, the figure is a rectangle.
Page 72 - Dn the same side of the secant line is equal to two right angles, the two lines are parallel.
Page 33 - ... two, or equal to the difference ? Ex. 5. If you have two triangles with only one side and one angle in the one equal to one Side and one angle in the other, can y^ou apply one as a pattern and make it fit on the other ? Cut out two such triangles and try it. Ex. 6. If you have two triangles with only two sides of one respectively equal to two sides of the other, can you make one fit as a pattern on the other ? Try it. Ex. 7. If you have two triangles with two sides in one equal respectively to...
Page 136 - Theorem — Two triangles are equal when the three sides of the one are respectively equal to the three sides of the other.
Page 125 - If two triangles have two sides of the one respectively equal to two sides of the other, and the included angles unequal, the third sides are unequal, and the greater third side belongs to the triangle having the greater included angle.
Page 69 - If two lines are cut by a third, and the sum of the interior angles on the same side of the cutting line is less than two right angles, the lines will meet on that side when sufficiently produced.
Page 2 - LEMMA 4. — A common divisor of two numbers is a divisor of their sum and also of their difference.