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... angles is a right angle . E The angle contained by the opposite portions DA and DB of a straight line is hence equal to two right angles ; and , for the same rea- son , all the angles ADC , CDE , EDF and FDB , formed at the point D and ...
... angles is a right angle . E The angle contained by the opposite portions DA and DB of a straight line is hence equal to two right angles ; and , for the same rea- son , all the angles ADC , CDE , EDF and FDB , formed at the point D and ...
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... angle is formed by the production of both its sides . 10. The inverted divergence of the two sides of an an- gle ... contained by three straight lines . 15. An isosceles triangle is that which has two of BOOK I. 9. A verticat angle is formed ...
... angle is formed by the production of both its sides . 10. The inverted divergence of the two sides of an an- gle ... contained by three straight lines . 15. An isosceles triangle is that which has two of BOOK I. 9. A verticat angle is formed ...
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... angle contained by these in the one be respective- ly equal to two sides and the contained angle in the other . Let ABC and DEF be two triangles , of which the side AB is equal to DE , the side BC to EF , and the angle ABC contained by ...
... angle contained by these in the one be respective- ly equal to two sides and the contained angle in the other . Let ABC and DEF be two triangles , of which the side AB is equal to DE , the side BC to EF , and the angle ABC contained by ...
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... angle CDE or CDG is equal to FDE or FDG . And because , in the triangles DCG and DFG , the side DC is equal to DF , DG common , and the contained angles CDG and FDG are proved to be equal ; these subordinate triangles are ( I. 3 ...
... angle CDE or CDG is equal to FDE or FDG . And because , in the triangles DCG and DFG , the side DC is equal to DF , DG common , and the contained angles CDG and FDG are proved to be equal ; these subordinate triangles are ( I. 3 ...
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... contained angle ACE equal to BCE , are ( I. 3. ) equal , and consequently the base AE is equal to BE . PROP . VIII . THEOR . The exterior angle of a triangle is greater than either of its interior opposite angles . B The exterior angle ...
... contained angle ACE equal to BCE , are ( I. 3. ) equal , and consequently the base AE is equal to BE . PROP . VIII . THEOR . The exterior angle of a triangle is greater than either of its interior opposite angles . B The exterior angle ...
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Page 30 - ... if a straight line, &c. QED PROPOSITION 29. — Theorem. If a straight line fall upon two parallel straight lines, it makes the alternate angles equal to one another ; and the exterior angle equal to the interior and opposite upon the same side ; and likewise the two interior angles upon the same side together equal to two right angles.
Page 333 - The first of four magnitudes is said to have the same ratio to the second which the third has to the fourth, when any...
Page 294 - If a straight line meets two straight lines, so as to " make the two interior angles on the same side of it taken " together less than two right angles...
Page 10 - A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference.
Page 137 - Componendo, by composition ; when there are four proportionals, and it is inferred that the first together with the second, is to the second, as the third together with the fourth, is to the fourth.
Page 84 - The angle at the centre of a circle is double of the angle at the circumference upon the same base, that is, upon the same part of the circumference.
Page 292 - Thus, for" example, he to whom the geometrical proposition, that the angles of a triangle are together equal to two right angles...
Page 93 - UPON a given straight line to describe a segment of a circle containing an angle equal to a given rectilineal angle.
Page 38 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 58 - The rectangle contained by the sum and difference of two straight lines is equivalent to the difference of the squares of these lines.