| Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...latter. 63. Similar figures are those, that have all the angles of »ne equal to all the angles of the other, each to each, and the sides about the equal angles proportional. ,64. The perimeter of a figure is the sum of ail its sides, taken together. • -' • * 65. A proposition... | |
| Isaac Dalby - Mathematics - 1807 - 476 pages
...sides touch the circumference of the circle; and the circle is said to be inscribed in the figure. 63. The perimeter of a figure is the sum of all its sides taken together. 64. When two right lines AC, BC, form an angle ACB, and a circle is described about the angular point... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 458 pages
...exactly fill the same apace, are equal to one another." A proposition is something proposed either to be done or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem. A problem is something proposed to be done, of which the following are examples. Ex. 1. To divide a... | |
| Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1816 - 610 pages
...figure. 70. Similar figures, are those that have all the angles of the one equal to all the angles of the other, each to each, and the sides about the equal...together. 72. A Proposition, is something which is cither proposed to be done, or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem. 73. A Problem,... | |
| Charles Hutton - Arithmetic - 1818 - 646 pages
...figure. 70. Similar figures, are those that have all the angles of the one equal to all the angles of the other, each to each, and the sides about the equal...71. The Perimeter of a figure, is the sum of all its sidei taken together. 72. A Proposition, is something which is either proposed to be done, or to be... | |
| John Imison - Art - 1822 - 488 pages
...be granted true, before we proceed to demonstrate a proposition. 73. A proposition is when something is either proposed to be done, or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem. 74. A problem is when something is proposed to be done ; as some figure to be drawn. 75. A theorem... | |
| Anthony Nesbit, W. Little - Measurement - 1822 - 916 pages
...the other. 54. Similar figures are such as have all the angles of One> «q««l to all the angles of the other, each to each ; and the sides about the equal angles proportional. 55. A Proposition is something proposed cither to be done, or to be demonstrated ; and is either a... | |
| Edward Riddle - Nautical astronomy - 1824 - 572 pages
...angles of the other, and the corresponding sides about the angles of each figure, proportional. 62. The Perimeter of a figure is the sum of all its sides. 63. A Problem is an operation proposed to be performed. 64. A Tlieorem is a truth which it is proposed... | |
| Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1825 - 608 pages
...other, each to earh, and the tides about the equal angles proportional. 71. the Perimeter of a figure, U the sum of all its sides taken together. 72. A Proposition,...either proposed to be done, or to be demonstrated, aud is either a problem or a theorem. 73. A Problem is something proposed to be done. 74. A Theorem... | |
| John Nicholson - Machinery - 1825 - 822 pages
...granted true, before we proceed to demonstrate a proposition. 1 08. A proposition is when something is either proposed to be done, or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem. 109. A problem istwheu something is proposed to be done, as some figure to be drawn. 110. A theorem... | |
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