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... Book , 41 57 68 888 98 BOOK V. Regular Polygons and the Measurement of the Circle , 109 BOOK VI . Planes and Solid Angles , · 126 BOOK VII . Polyedrons , 142 BOOK VIII . The three round bodies , 166 BOOK IX . Of Spherical Triangles and ...
... Book , 41 57 68 888 98 BOOK V. Regular Polygons and the Measurement of the Circle , 109 BOOK VI . Planes and Solid Angles , · 126 BOOK VII . Polyedrons , 142 BOOK VIII . The three round bodies , 166 BOOK IX . Of Spherical Triangles and ...
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... ( Book I. Prop . VII . * ) ; A or AD < AB . D Cor . Hence the greatest line which can be inscribed in a circle is its diameter . PROPOSITION III . THEOREM . A straight line cannot meet the circumference of a circle in more than two points ...
... ( Book I. Prop . VII . * ) ; A or AD < AB . D Cor . Hence the greatest line which can be inscribed in a circle is its diameter . PROPOSITION III . THEOREM . A straight line cannot meet the circumference of a circle in more than two points ...
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... ( Book I. Prop . XVII . ) . Again , since AD , DB , are equal , CG is a perpendicular erected from the mid- A H dle of AB ; hence every point of this perpendicular must be ... VII . THEOREM . Through three given points not BOOK III . 45.
... ( Book I. Prop . XVII . ) . Again , since AD , DB , are equal , CG is a perpendicular erected from the mid- A H dle of AB ; hence every point of this perpendicular must be ... VII . THEOREM . Through three given points not BOOK III . 45.
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PROPOSITION VII . THEOREM . Through three given points not in the same ... ( Book I. Prop . XX . Cor . 1. ) . But BK , the prolongation of BD , is a ... ( Book I. Prop . XIV . ) ; hence DE , FG , will always meet in some point O. And moreover ...
PROPOSITION VII . THEOREM . Through three given points not in the same ... ( Book I. Prop . XX . Cor . 1. ) . But BK , the prolongation of BD , is a ... ( Book I. Prop . XIV . ) ; hence DE , FG , will always meet in some point O. And moreover ...
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... ( Book I. Prop . VII . ) . And , whenever the triangle CAD can be constructed , it is plain C D that the circles described from the centres C and D , will cut each other in A and B. D PROPOSITION XIII . THEOREM . If the distance between ...
... ( Book I. Prop . VII . ) . And , whenever the triangle CAD can be constructed , it is plain C D that the circles described from the centres C and D , will cut each other in A and B. D PROPOSITION XIII . THEOREM . If the distance between ...
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adjacent altitude angle ACB ar.-comp base multiplied bisect Book VII centre chord circ circumference circumscribed common cone consequently convex surface cosine Cotang cylinder diagonal diameter dicular distance divided draw drawn equal angles equally distant equations equivalent feet figure find the area formed four right angles frustum given angle given line gles greater homologous sides hypothenuse inscribed circle inscribed polygon intersection less Let ABC logarithm measured by half number of sides opposite parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpen perpendicular perpendicular let fall plane MN polyedron polygon ABCDE PROBLEM proportional PROPOSITION pyramid quadrant quadrilateral quantities radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angled triangle S-ABC Scholium secant segment similar sine slant height solid angle solid described sphere spherical polygon spherical triangle square described straight line tang tangent THEOREM triangle ABC triangular prism vertex
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Page 241 - In every plane triangle, the sum of two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite those sides is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 18 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 213 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, and each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, and these into thirds, fourths, &c.
Page 233 - It is, indeed, evident, that the negative characteristic will always be one greater than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure.
Page 287 - How many square feet are there in the convex surface of the frustum of a square pyramid, whose slant height is 10 feet, each side of the lower base 3 feet 4 inches, and each side of the upper base 2 feet 2 inches ? Ans.
Page 168 - The radius of a sphere is a straight line drawn from the centre to any point of the surface ; the diameter or axis is a line passing through this centre, and terminated on both sides by the surface.
Page 18 - America, but know that we are alive, that two and two make four, and that the sum of any two sides of a triangle is greater than the third side.
Page 169 - The convex surface of a cylinder is equal to the circumference of its base multiplied by its altitude, Fig.
Page 20 - In an isosceles triangle the angles opposite the equal sides are equal.
Page 86 - The areas of two triangles which have an angle of the one equal to an angle of the other are to each other as the products of the sides including the equal angles. A D A' Hyp. In triangles ABC and A'B'C', To prove AABC A A'B'C' A'B' x A'C ' Proof. Draw the altitudes BD and B'D'.