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Page iii
... third section of the second part , an appendix to the second and third sections of this part on regular polyedrons , and most of the notes . These are printed in a smaller character in the original to denote that they are less useful ...
... third section of the second part , an appendix to the second and third sections of this part on regular polyedrons , and most of the notes . These are printed in a smaller character in the original to denote that they are less useful ...
Page vi
... third section , entitled the proportions of figures , contains the measure of surfaces , their comparison , the properties of a right - angled triangle , those of equiangular triangles , of similar figures , & c . We shall be found ...
... third section , entitled the proportions of figures , contains the measure of surfaces , their comparison , the properties of a right - angled triangle , those of equiangular triangles , of similar figures , & c . We shall be found ...
Page x
... third power of 5 . The third power is a product formed by the multiplication of three equal factors ; each of these factors is the cube root of this product ; 125 is the product of 5 multiplied twice by itself , or 5 x 5 x 5 ; and 5 is ...
... third power of 5 . The third power is a product formed by the multiplication of three equal factors ; each of these factors is the cube root of this product ; 125 is the product of 5 multiplied twice by itself , or 5 x 5 x 5 ; and 5 is ...
Page x
... third power of 5 . The third power is a product formed by the multiplication of three equal factors ; each of these factors is the cube root of this product ; 125 is the product of 5 multiplied twice by itself , or 5 × 5 × 5 ; and 5 is ...
... third power of 5 . The third power is a product formed by the multiplication of three equal factors ; each of these factors is the cube root of this product ; 125 is the product of 5 multiplied twice by itself , or 5 × 5 × 5 ; and 5 is ...
Page xii
... third , or as the second is to the fourth . Moreover the two ratios A : C , B : D , being common to the two proportions above obtained , it follows that the other ratios of the same proportions are equal , and that consequently B + A ...
... third , or as the second is to the fourth . Moreover the two ratios A : C , B : D , being common to the two proportions above obtained , it follows that the other ratios of the same proportions are equal , and that consequently B + A ...
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ABCD adjacent angles algebraic algebraic quantities altitude angle ACB base centre chord circ circle circular sector circumference coefficient common divisor cone consequently contains Corollary cube cylinder Demonstration denominator denoted diameter divided dividend division equal equivalent evident example exponent expression factors figure fraction frustum given gives greater greatest common divisor homologous sides inscribed less letters logarithm manner measure multiplied obtain parallel parallelogram parallelopiped perpendicular plane MN polyedron preceding prism proportion proposed equation proposition quotient radical sign radii radius ratio rectangle reduced regular polygon remainder result right angles Scholium side BC similar solid angle sphere spherical square root straight line substitute subtract suppose term THEOREM third tion triangle ABC triangular pyramids unity unknown quantity vertex whence
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Page 63 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.
Page 7 - If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent.
Page 151 - THE sphere is a solid terminated by a curve surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre.
Page 76 - The perimeters of two regular polygons of the same number of sides, are to each other as their homologous sides, and their areas are to each other as the squares of those sides (Prop.
Page 25 - Two equal chords are equally distant from the centre ; and of two unequal chords, the less is at the greater distance from the centre.
Page 52 - The sum of the squares on the sides of a parallelogram is equal to the sum of the squares on the diagonals.
Page 160 - If two triangles have two sides and the inchtded angle of the one respectively equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, the two triangles are equal in all respects.
Page 203 - In every triangle the sum of the three angles is equal to two right angles.
Page 162 - In any spherical triangle, the greater side is opposite the greater angle ; and conversely, the greater angle is opposite the greater side.
Page 141 - If a pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to its base, the...