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... Altitudes by Barometer and Thermometer , 588 Resistance of Fluids , 589 ANALYTICAL PLANE TRIGONOMETRY , 592 SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY , 643 ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY OF TWO DIMENSIONS , 665 ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY OF THREE DIMENSIONS , 694 ...
... Altitudes by Barometer and Thermometer , 588 Resistance of Fluids , 589 ANALYTICAL PLANE TRIGONOMETRY , 592 SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY , 643 ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY OF TWO DIMENSIONS , 665 ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY OF THREE DIMENSIONS , 694 ...
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... Altitude of a figure is a perpendicular let fall from an angle , or its vertex , to the opposite side , called the base . 55. In a right - angled triangle , the side opposite the right angle is called the Hypothenuse ; and the other two ...
... Altitude of a figure is a perpendicular let fall from an angle , or its vertex , to the opposite side , called the base . 55. In a right - angled triangle , the side opposite the right angle is called the Hypothenuse ; and the other two ...
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... altitude , are equal . For the altitude is the same as the perpendicular or distance between the two parallels , which is every where equal , by the definition of parallels . Corol . 2. Parallelograms , or triangles , having equal bases ...
... altitude , are equal . For the altitude is the same as the perpendicular or distance between the two parallels , which is every where equal , by the definition of parallels . Corol . 2. Parallelograms , or triangles , having equal bases ...
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... altitude , because the altitude is the perpendicular distance between the paral- lels , which is everywhere equal , by the definition of parallels . Corol . 2. If the base of a parallelogram be half that of a triangle , of the same ...
... altitude , because the altitude is the perpendicular distance between the paral- lels , which is everywhere equal , by the definition of parallels . Corol . 2. If the base of a parallelogram be half that of a triangle , of the same ...
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... altitude the perpendi- cular distance between them . DCH F Let ABCD be the trapezoid , having its two sides AB , DC , parallel ; and in AB produced take BE equal to DC , so that AE may be the sum of the two parallel sides ; produce DC ...
... altitude the perpendi- cular distance between them . DCH F Let ABCD be the trapezoid , having its two sides AB , DC , parallel ; and in AB produced take BE equal to DC , so that AE may be the sum of the two parallel sides ; produce DC ...
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algebraic ALGEBRAIC QUANTITIES altitude axis base bisected body centre chord circle circumference co-ordinates Corol cosec cosine cube curve decimal denominator diameter difference differential co-efficient distance divide divisor draw dy dx equal equation Example exponent expression extract feet figure force fraction given gravity Hence hyperbola inches latus rectum least common multiple length logarithm manner monomial multiply nth root number of terms parabola parallel parallelogram perpendicular polynomial Prob PROBLEM PROP proportional quotient radius ratio rectangle reduced right angles rule sides sine specific gravity square root straight line Substituting subtract tangent THEOREM triangle ABC unknown quantity velocity VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whole number yards