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... spherical isoperimetrical polygons , and on the regular poly- edrons , are inserted in this , at the end.
... spherical isoperimetrical polygons , and on the regular poly- edrons , are inserted in this , at the end.
Page vii
... sphere and spherical triangles . This treatise does not ordina- rily make a part of the elements of geometry ; still ... polygons ; and an appendix to the second and third sections of this part on the regular polyedrons . INTRODUCTION ...
... sphere and spherical triangles . This treatise does not ordina- rily make a part of the elements of geometry ; still ... polygons ; and an appendix to the second and third sections of this part on the regular polyedrons . INTRODUCTION ...
Page 176
... spheres , and these solid angles will be to each other as the spherical polygons intercepted between their planes or faces . The angle at the vertex of the pyramid , whose base is a trian- gle of three right angles , is formed by three ...
... spheres , and these solid angles will be to each other as the spherical polygons intercepted between their planes or faces . The angle at the vertex of the pyramid , whose base is a trian- gle of three right angles , is formed by three ...
Page 191
... sphere is equal to this circumference multi- plied by the diameter ; therefore the lunary surface is equal to the arc , which measures the angle of this surface , multiplied by the diameter . In the second place , every spherical triangle ...
... sphere is equal to this circumference multi- plied by the diameter ; therefore the lunary surface is equal to the arc , which measures the angle of this surface , multiplied by the diameter . In the second place , every spherical triangle ...
Page 201
... shall find their sum , or the surface of the sphere , represented by 8 , to be equal to the sum of all the angles of the GEOM . 26 polygons , minus twice the number of their sides , Of Spherical Isoperimetrical Polygons . 201.
... shall find their sum , or the surface of the sphere , represented by 8 , to be equal to the sum of all the angles of the GEOM . 26 polygons , minus twice the number of their sides , Of Spherical Isoperimetrical Polygons . 201.
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ABC fig adjacent angles altitude angle ACB angle BAC base ABCD bisect centre chord circ circular sector circumference circumscribed common cone consequently construction convex surface Corollary cube cylinder Demonstration diagonals diameter draw drawn equal angles equiangular equilateral equivalent faces figure formed four right angles frustum GEOM given point gles greater hence homologous sides hypothenuse inclination intersection isosceles triangle join less Let ABC let fall Let us suppose line AC mean proportional measure the half meet multiplied number of sides oblique lines opposite parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpendicular plane MN polyedron prism produced proposition radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angles Scholium sector segment semicircle semicircumference side BC similar solid angle sphere spherical polygons spherical triangle square described straight line tangent THEOREM third three angles triangle ABC triangular prism triangular pyramids vertex vertices whence
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Page 67 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.
Page 9 - If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent.
Page 65 - 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'.
Page 160 - ABC (fig. 224) be any spherical triangle ; produce the sides AB, AC, till they meet again in D. The arcs ABD, ACD, will be...
Page 168 - In any spherical triangle, the greater side is opposite the greater angle ; and conversely, the greater angle is opposite the greater side.
Page 157 - CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB E.
Page 8 - Any side of a triangle is less than the sum of the other two sides...
Page 82 - The perimeters of two regular polygons of the same number of sides, are to each other as their homologous sides, and their areas are to each other as the squares of those sides (Prop.
Page 29 - Two equal chords are equally distant from the centre ; and of two unequal chords, the less is at the greater distance from the centre.
Page 182 - CD, &c., taken together, make up the perimeter of the prism's base : hence the sum of these rectangles, or the convex surface of the prism, is equal to the perimeter of its base multiplied by its altitude.