The geometry of the circle and mathematics as applied to geometry by mathematicians, shewn to be a mockery, delusion, and a snare. Letter |
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25 diameters analogy or proportion arithmetical quantity Athenĉum BARKELEY HOUSE bisected centre chord circle of diameter circle of radius circum circumference circumscribing circle circumscribing square construction contain the right cosine dear Sir decimals describe the circle diagonals diameter unity draw a straight ellipse enclosed diagram equation or identity Euclid at Fault exactly equal follows of necessity given side Hence Hutton's Tables hypothenuse hypothesis inscribed square isosceles triangles J. M. WILSON JAMES SMITH length Letter Liverpool Logarithm Mathematics mean proportional meet and terminate metical natural number natural sine parallelogram perimeter PHILOMATH Plane Geometry polygon Professor de Morgan PROFESSOR WHITWORTH proof Prop prove radii radius recognised Mathematician rectangle recurring decimal regular inscribed hexagon regular polygon SEAFORTH self-evident semi-radius sides that contain similar right-angled triangles similar triangles straight line theorem trigonometrical sine true arithmetical value
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Page 89 - The angle at the centre of a circle, subtended by an arc, is double the angle at the circumference subtended by the same arc.