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... lines , AB and CD , of equal length , and that it is requisite for any pur- pose that the one should be supposed to lie upon the other . We may say , " Place the point A upon the point C , and let the line A B lie along the line CD ...
... lines , AB and CD , of equal length , and that it is requisite for any pur- pose that the one should be supposed to lie upon the other . We may say , " Place the point A upon the point C , and let the line A B lie along the line CD ...
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... A B be the given finite right line . With the centre A , and at the distance A B , describe the circle C BE . ( Post . III . ) * By speaking of the line as " given , " it is meant that its position is given . By speaking of it as ...
... A B be the given finite right line . With the centre A , and at the distance A B , describe the circle C BE . ( Post . III . ) * By speaking of the line as " given , " it is meant that its position is given . By speaking of it as ...
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... lines AC and BC are both equal to the line AB , they are equal to one another ; or , in other words , ACB is an equilateral △ , and is con- structed on the line A B. It would have done equally well if we had taken the point D , and ...
... lines AC and BC are both equal to the line AB , they are equal to one another ; or , in other words , ACB is an equilateral △ , and is con- structed on the line A B. It would have done equally well if we had taken the point D , and ...
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... line and the given point are in different relative positions . By attending to the general directions , all ... A B and CD be the two given straight lines , of which A B is the greater . E A B From the point A draw the straight ...
... line and the given point are in different relative positions . By attending to the general directions , all ... A B and CD be the two given straight lines , of which A B is the greater . E A B From the point A draw the straight ...
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... AB which was required . For , A E and AF are equal , being radii of the same circle ( Def . XIV . ) ; and as A E and ... line A E to be a line obtained as the result of all the operations there indicated . Without going through the ...
... AB which was required . For , A E and AF are equal , being radii of the same circle ( Def . XIV . ) ; and as A E and ... line A E to be a line obtained as the result of all the operations there indicated . Without going through the ...
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A B and CD A B is equal A C and CB Æneid axiom beginner bisected centre Consequently diagonal draw a straight Edition equal in area equal respectively equal to twice equilateral Euclid exterior exterior angle Fcap figure finite right line follows formed given finite right given line given point given rectilineal given straight line gnomon greater half a right hypotenuse interior and opposite isosceles Join the points join two given Jugurtha Latin length less line A B line CD linear units lines are parallel magnitudes meeting the line opposite sides parallelogram point F proof Prop proposition prove this proposition rectangle contained right angles side A C straight line meets suppose three sides triangle unequal
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