The Mathematical Monthly, Volume 1

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John Daniel Runkle
John Bartlett, 1859 - Mathematics
"A complete catalogue of the writings of Sir John Herschel": v. 3, p. 220-227.
 

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Page 252 - ... the three angles of a triangle are together equal to two right angles, although it is not known to all.
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Page 253 - Thus the proposition, that the sum of the three angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles, (Euc. 32. 1.) may be demonstrated, either in common language, or by means of the signs used in algebra. Let the side AB, of the triangle ABC, (Fig. 1.) be continued to D ; let the line BE be parallel to AC; and let GHI be a right angle.
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