The First Six Books: Together with the Eleventh and TwelfthJ. Balfour, 1781 - 520 pages |
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... given fi- nite straight line . Let AB be the given ftraight line ; it is required to defcribe an equilateral ... BC is equal to BA : But it has been proved that CA is equal to AB ; therefore CA , CB are each of them equal to AB ...
... given fi- nite straight line . Let AB be the given ftraight line ; it is required to defcribe an equilateral ... BC is equal to BA : But it has been proved that CA is equal to AB ; therefore CA , CB are each of them equal to AB ...
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... BC is equal to BG ; wherefore AL and BC are each of them equal to BG ; and things that are equal to the fame are equal to one another ; therefore the ftraight line AL is equal to BC . Wherefore from the given point A a ftraight line AL ...
... BC is equal to BG ; wherefore AL and BC are each of them equal to BG ; and things that are equal to the fame are equal to one another ; therefore the ftraight line AL is equal to BC . Wherefore from the given point A a ftraight line AL ...
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Together with the Eleventh and Twelfth Euclid. BC is equal to EF ; therefore BC coinciding with EF , BA and Book 1 ... given rectilineal angle , that is , to divide it into two equal angles . Tit Let BAC be the given rect lineal ...
Together with the Eleventh and Twelfth Euclid. BC is equal to EF ; therefore BC coinciding with EF , BA and Book 1 ... given rectilineal angle , that is , to divide it into two equal angles . Tit Let BAC be the given rect lineal ...
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... given straight line . Let A be the given point , and BC the given straight line ; it is required to draw a ftraight line through the point A , parallel to the E ftraight line BC . a In BC take any point D , and jo'n AD ; and at the ...
... given straight line . Let A be the given point , and BC the given straight line ; it is required to draw a ftraight line through the point A , parallel to the E ftraight line BC . a In BC take any point D , and jo'n AD ; and at the ...
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... BC , and between the fame parallels BC , AE ; a 37. I. b 34. I. a Io . I. 23 I. C 31. I. d 38. I. € 41. I. the ... given triangle , and have one of its angles equal to a given rectilineal angle . Let ABC be the given triangle , and ...
... BC , and between the fame parallels BC , AE ; a 37. I. b 34. I. a Io . I. 23 I. C 31. I. d 38. I. € 41. I. the ... given triangle , and have one of its angles equal to a given rectilineal angle . Let ABC be the given triangle , and ...
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Page 472 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, &c.
Page 170 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Page 81 - THE straight line drawn at right angles to the diameter of a circle, from the extremity of...
Page 105 - DEF are likewise equal (13. i.) to two right angles ; therefore the angles AKB, AMB are equal to the angles DEG, DEF, of which AKB is equal to DEG ; wherefore the remaining angle AMB is equal to the remaining angle DEF.
Page 167 - AC the same multiple of AD, that AB is of the part which is to be cut off from it : join BC, and draw DE parallel to it : then AE is the part required to be cut off.
Page 10 - When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it.
Page 62 - AB be the given straight line ; it is required to divide it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part.
Page 112 - To describe an equilateral and equiangular pentagon about a given circle. • Let ABCDE be the given circle; it is required to describe an equilateral and equiangular pentagon about the circle ABCDE. Let the angles of a pentagon, inscribed in the circle...
Page 200 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz. either the sides adjacent to the equal...
Page 38 - F, which is the common vertex of the triangles ; that is, together with four right angles. Therefore all the angles of the figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.