The First Six Books: Together with the Eleventh and TwelfthJ. Balfour, 1781 - 520 pages |
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... straight line . Let AB be the given ftraight line ; it is required to defcribe an equilateral triangle upon it ... 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 ...
... straight line . Let AB be the given ftraight line ; it is required to defcribe an equilateral triangle upon it ... 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 , CD , each to each ; and the angle ACD is equal to the angle BCD ; therefore the bafe AD is equal to the bafe e DB , and the ftraight line ... straight line AB . Because DC is equal to CE , and FC common to the two triangles DCF ...
... BC , CD , each to each ; and the angle ACD is equal to the angle BCD ; therefore the bafe AD is equal to the bafe e DB , and the ftraight line ... straight line AB . Because DC is equal to CE , and FC common to the two triangles DCF ...
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... line . At the point B in the ftraight line AB , let the two ftraight lines BC , BD upon the oppolite fides of AB , make the adjacent angles ABC , ABD equal together to two right angles . BD is in the fame straight line with CB . For ...
... line . At the point B in the ftraight line AB , let the two ftraight lines BC , BD upon the oppolite fides of AB , make the adjacent angles ABC , ABD equal together to two right angles . BD is in the fame straight line with CB . For ...
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... straight Book I. line AB makes angles with the ftraight line CBE , upon one fide of it , the angles ABC , ABE are ... BC . And , in like manner , it may be demonftrated , that no other can be in the fame ftraight line with it but ...
... straight Book I. line AB makes angles with the ftraight line CBE , upon one fide of it , the angles ABC , ABE are ... BC . And , in like manner , it may be demonftrated , that no other can be in the fame ftraight line with it but ...
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... straight line , & c . Q. E. D. a 29. 1 . b 27. 1 . # 23. I. b 27. 1 . PROP . XXX . THEOR . TRAIGHT lines which are ... BC the given straight line ; it is required to draw a ftraight line through the point A , parallel to the E ...
... straight line , & c . Q. E. D. a 29. 1 . b 27. 1 . # 23. I. b 27. 1 . PROP . XXX . THEOR . TRAIGHT lines which are ... BC the given straight line ; it is required to draw a ftraight line through the point A , parallel to the E ...
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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.