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ABCD added altitude base becomes Book called centre chord circle circumference common cone consequently construct corresponding cosec cosine Cotang cylinder denote described diameter difference distance divided draw drawn edges equal Equation EXAMPLES extremity faces feet figure find the area formed Formula frustum functions given greater half hence included inscribed intersection less logarithm manner means measured meet middle multiplied negative opposite parallel parallelogram parallelopipedon pass perpendicular plane polyedron polygon positive principle prism proportional PROPOSITION proved pyramid quadrant radii radius rectangle regular right angles RULE segment sides similar sine solution sphere spherical triangle square straight line Substituting surface taken Tang tangent THEOREM third triangle unit vertex volume whence
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Page 126 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry: From the Works of A.M. Legendre |
| Author | Adrien Marie Legendre |
| Contributor | Charles Davies |
| Publisher | A.S. Barnes, 1874 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 22 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 455 pages |
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