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1834 ENTERED according to the Act of Congress , in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty - four , by CHARLES DAVIES , in the Clerk's Office of the Dis- trict Court of the United States , for the Southern District of New - York ...
1834 ENTERED according to the Act of Congress , in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty - four , by CHARLES DAVIES , in the Clerk's Office of the Dis- trict Court of the United States , for the Southern District of New - York ...
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The polygon of three sides , the simplest of all , is called a triangle ; that of four sides , a quadrilateral ; that of five , a pentagon , that of six , a hexagon ; that of seven , a heptagon ; that of eight , an octagon ; that of ...
The polygon of three sides , the simplest of all , is called a triangle ; that of four sides , a quadrilateral ; that of five , a pentagon , that of six , a hexagon ; that of seven , a heptagon ; that of eight , an octagon ; that of ...
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The four angles formed about a point by two straight lines , which intersect each other , are together equal to four right angles : for the sum of the two angles ACE , ECB , is equal to two right angles ; and the sum of the other two ...
The four angles formed about a point by two straight lines , which intersect each other , are together equal to four right angles : for the sum of the two angles ACE , ECB , is equal to two right angles ; and the sum of the other two ...
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We see that of the eight angles formed by a line cutting two parallel lines obliquely , the four acute angles are equal to each other , and so also are the four obtuse angles . PROPOSITION XXI . THEOREM . If a straight line meet two ...
We see that of the eight angles formed by a line cutting two parallel lines obliquely , the four acute angles are equal to each other , and so also are the four obtuse angles . PROPOSITION XXI . THEOREM . If a straight line meet two ...
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... are triangles in the figure ; in other words , as there are units in the number of sides diminished by two . Cor . 1. The sum of the angles in a quadrilateral is equal to two right angles multiplied by 4-2 , which amounts to four ...
... are triangles in the figure ; in other words , as there are units in the number of sides diminished by two . Cor . 1. The sum of the angles in a quadrilateral is equal to two right angles multiplied by 4-2 , which amounts to four ...
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| Title | Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry |
| Author | Adrien Marie Legendre |
| Editor | Charles Davies |
| Translated by | David Brewster |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | A.S. Barnes and Company, 1834 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 14 Oct 2010 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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