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Very considerable alterations have also been made in the manner of treating the subjects of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry . It has also been thought best to publish with the present edition a table of logarithms and logarithmic sines ...
Very considerable alterations have also been made in the manner of treating the subjects of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry . It has also been thought best to publish with the present edition a table of logarithms and logarithmic sines ...
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Planes and Solid Angles , 126 BOOK VII . Polyedrons , 142 BOOK VIII . The three round bodies , 166 BOOK IX . Of Spherical Triangles and Spherical Polygons , 186 · APPENDIX . The regular Polyedrons , 205 PLANE TRIGONOMETRY .
Planes and Solid Angles , 126 BOOK VII . Polyedrons , 142 BOOK VIII . The three round bodies , 166 BOOK IX . Of Spherical Triangles and Spherical Polygons , 186 · APPENDIX . The regular Polyedrons , 205 PLANE TRIGONOMETRY .
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PLANE TRIGONOMETRY . Division of the Circumference , 207 General Ideas relating to the Trigonometrical Lines , 208 Theorems and Formulas relating to the Sines , Cosines , Tan- gents , & c . · 215 Construction and Description of the ...
PLANE TRIGONOMETRY . Division of the Circumference , 207 General Ideas relating to the Trigonometrical Lines , 208 Theorems and Formulas relating to the Sines , Cosines , Tan- gents , & c . · 215 Construction and Description of the ...
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5. A surface is that which has length and breadth , without height or thickness . 6. A plane is a surface , in which , if two points be assumed at pleasure , and connected by a straight line , that line will lie wholly in the surface .
5. A surface is that which has length and breadth , without height or thickness . 6. A plane is a surface , in which , if two points be assumed at pleasure , and connected by a straight line , that line will lie wholly in the surface .
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Two lines are said to be parallel , when being situated in the same plane , they cannot meet , how far soever , either way , both of them be produced . 13. A plane figure is a plane terminated on all sides by lines .
Two lines are said to be parallel , when being situated in the same plane , they cannot meet , how far soever , either way , both of them be produced . 13. A plane figure is a plane terminated on all sides by lines .
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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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