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... circumference , is called the Centre . 5. Any straight line drawn from the centre to the circum- ference is called a Radius . 6. A Diameter of a circle is a straight line passing through the centre , and terminated both ways by the ...
... circumference , is called the Centre . 5. Any straight line drawn from the centre to the circum- ference is called a Radius . 6. A Diameter of a circle is a straight line passing through the centre , and terminated both ways by the ...
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... circumference in two points , is called a Secant . 13. A straight line which touches the circumference , but can- not cut it , when produced , is called a Tangent . 14. The point at which the straight line touches the circum- ference ...
... circumference in two points , is called a Secant . 13. A straight line which touches the circumference , but can- not cut it , when produced , is called a Tangent . 14. The point at which the straight line touches the circum- ference ...
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... from a fixed point of that plane ? 4. What is the converse of Th . VII , Ch . II ? of Th . X ? 5. What Theorem of Ch . II is the converse of Th . I ? THEOREM I. Any diameter bisects the circle and its circumference 56 PLANE GEOMETRY .
... from a fixed point of that plane ? 4. What is the converse of Th . VII , Ch . II ? of Th . X ? 5. What Theorem of Ch . II is the converse of Th . I ? THEOREM I. Any diameter bisects the circle and its circumference 56 PLANE GEOMETRY .
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Alfred Hix Welsh. THEOREM I. Any diameter bisects the circle and its circumference . Let A B C D be a circle , and ... circumferences would not coincide ; and since the semicircumfer- CIRCLES . 57.
Alfred Hix Welsh. THEOREM I. Any diameter bisects the circle and its circumference . Let A B C D be a circle , and ... circumferences would not coincide ; and since the semicircumfer- CIRCLES . 57.
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Alfred Hix Welsh. and circumferences would not coincide ; and since the semicircumfer- ences coincide , A F must coincide with B F ... AE = BE , AF = BF . Q. E. D. Cor . I. A straight line perpendicular to a chord at its middle point ...
Alfred Hix Welsh. and circumferences would not coincide ; and since the semicircumfer- ences coincide , A F must coincide with B F ... AE = BE , AF = BF . Q. E. D. Cor . I. A straight line perpendicular to a chord at its middle point ...
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A B and C D ABCD adjacent angles angle equal apothem bisect central angles centre circle whose radius circumference coincide construct convex surface cylinder diagonals diameter distance divided draw drawn equal altitudes equal bases equal circles equally distant equiangular EXERCISES feet frustum generatrix given angle given circle given line given point greater Hence homologous sides hypotenuse included angle inscribed angle inscribed circle interior angles intersect isosceles triangle lune number of sides oblique parallel parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpendicular plane prism Prob proportional pyramid Q. E. D. Cor Q. E. F quadrilateral QUERIES radii ratio rectangle regular polygon right cone right triangle Scholium secant segments similar slant height sphere spherical triangle square straight line tangent triangle A B C vertex vertices
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