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" The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302. "
Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry: From the Works of A.M. Legendre - Page 126
by Adrien Marie Legendre - 1874 - 455 pages
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Bell's New Pantheon: Or, Historical Dictionary of the Gods, Demi-gods ...

John Bell - Classical dictionaries - 1790 - 422 pages
...demonstration of the 47th proposition of the first book of Euclid, viz. that in n right angled triangle the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the two other sides. Julius Capito/ linus relates, that when an Hecatomb was to be sacrificed,...
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A System of Geometry and Trigonometry: Together with a Treatise on Surveying ...

Abel Flint - Surveying - 1804 - 226 pages
...without finding the Angles ; according to the following PROPOSITION : In every Right Angled Triangle, the Square of the Hypothenuse is equal to the Sum of the Squares of the two Legs. Hence, The Square of the given Leg being subtracted from the Square of the...
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A System of Geometry and Trigonometry: Together with a Treatise on Surveying ...

Abel Flint - Surveying - 1808 - 190 pages
...without Finding the Angles ; according to the following PROPOSITION : In every Right Angled Triangle, the Square of the Hypothenuse is equal to the Sum of the Squares of the two Legs. Hence, The Square of the given Leg being subtracted from the Square of the...
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A Practical Application of the Principles of Geometry to the Mensuration of ...

Jeremiah Day - Measurement - 1815 - 388 pages
...referred to. 94. Other relations of the sine, tangent, Sic. may be derived from the proposition, that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the perpendicular sides. (Euc. 47. I.) In the right angled triangles CBG, CAD, and CHF,...
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A Treatise of Plane Trigonometry: To which is Prefixed, a Summary View of ...

Jeremiah Day - Logarithms - 1815 - 172 pages
...the third side may be found, without the aid of the trigonometrical tables, by the proposition, that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the two perpendicular sides. (Euc. 47. 1.) If the legs be given, extracting the square root...
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The complete measurer: or, The whole art of measuring, containing the ...

Thomas Keith - 1817 - 306 pages
...4. An angle IAD in a semi'circle is a right angle (EUCLID 31 ./III.) 5. In a right-angled triangle the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides, (EuctiD 47 «/"!.) see also Problem VI. 6. If a perpendicular be drawn...
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Elements of Geometry

Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1819 - 574 pages
...others ; for the three figures will be proportional to the squares of their homologous sides ; now the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the two other sides ; therefore, &c. THEOREM. 223. The parts of two chards which cut each...
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American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of ..., Volume 12

William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...triangles, which are similar to the first triangle, and to one another. In every right-angled triangle, the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides; and, in general, any figure described on the hypothenuse is equal to...
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British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 12

William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...triangles, which are similar to the first triangle, and to one another. In every right-angled triangle, the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides; and, in general, any figure described on the hypothenuse is equal to...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Volume 45

English literature - 1835 - 564 pages
...three angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles ; and also, that in any right-angled triangle the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. In like manner did this ingenious gentleman demonstrate, that it was...
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