Plane and Solid Geometry: To which is Added Plane and Spherical Trigonometry and Mensuration. Accompanied with All the Necessary Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables |
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Page 153
... Cube , or regular hexaedron . VI . A Pyramid is a solid formed by several triangular planes meeting in a point , called the vertex , and terminating in the sides of a poly- gon , forming its base . The triangles meeting at the vertex ...
... Cube , or regular hexaedron . VI . A Pyramid is a solid formed by several triangular planes meeting in a point , called the vertex , and terminating in the sides of a poly- gon , forming its base . The triangles meeting at the vertex ...
Page 164
... cube of a number is the name given to the product which results from three factors , each equal to this number . If it were proposed to find a cube double of a given cube , the side of the required cube would have to be to that of the ...
... cube of a number is the name given to the product which results from three factors , each equal to this number . If it were proposed to find a cube double of a given cube , the side of the required cube would have to be to that of the ...
Page 165
... cubes of their homolo- gous sides . Let P and p be two prisms , of which BC , be are homologous sides : the prism P is to the prism p as the cube of BC to the cube of bc . From A and a , homologous angles of the two prisms , draw ...
... cubes of their homolo- gous sides . Let P and p be two prisms , of which BC , be are homologous sides : the prism P is to the prism p as the cube of BC to the cube of bc . From A and a , homologous angles of the two prisms , draw ...
Page 173
... cubes of their homologous sides . a C E D For , two pyramids being similar , the smaller may be placed within the greater , so that the angle S shall be common to both . In that po- sition the bases ABCDE , abcde will be paral- lel ...
... cubes of their homologous sides . a C E D For , two pyramids being similar , the smaller may be placed within the greater , so that the angle S shall be common to both . In that po- sition the bases ABCDE , abcde will be paral- lel ...
Page 177
... cubes of their altitudes , or as the cubes of the diameters of their bases . For the bases are as the squares of their diameters ; and the cyl- inders being similar , the diameters of their bases ( D. IV . ) are to each other as the ...
... cubes of their altitudes , or as the cubes of the diameters of their bases . For the bases are as the squares of their diameters ; and the cyl- inders being similar , the diameters of their bases ( D. IV . ) are to each other as the ...
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a+b+c altitude apothem bisect centre chord circumference circumscribed cone consequently corresponding cosec Cosine Cotang cube cubic cylinder decimal denote diameter dicular divided draw drawn equation equivalent exterior angles feet figure frustum Geom give greater half hence hypotenuse inches intersection logarithm measure multiplied number of sides opposite parallel parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpen perpendicular plane MN polyedral angle polyedron prism PROBLEM proportion pyramid quadrant radii radius ratio rectangle regular inscribed regular polygon respectively equal right angles right-angled triangle Scholium secant sector similar similar triangles Sine slant height solid solve the triangle sphere spherical triangle square straight line subtract suppose surface Tang tangent THEOREM three sides triangle ABC triangular prism volume ΙΟ
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Page 35 - 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 80 - The areas of two triangles which have an angle of the one equal to an angle of the other are to each other as the products of the sides including the equal angles. A D A' Hyp. In triangles ABC and A'B'C', To prove AABC A A'B'C' A'B' x A'C ' Proof. Draw the altitudes BD and B'D'.
Page 139 - If a straight line is perpendicular to each of two straight lines at their point of intersection, it is perpendicular to the plane of those lines.
Page 17 - The sum of all the angles of a polygon is equal to twice as many right angles as the polygon has sides, less two.
Page 176 - The radius of a sphere is a straight line, drawn from the centre to any point of the...
Page 182 - Every section of a sphere, made by a plane, is a circle.
Page 28 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal respectively to two sides of the other, but the included angle of the first greater than the included angle of the second, then the third side of the first is greater than the third side of the second. Given A ABC and A'B'C ' with Proof STATEMENTS Apply A A'B'C ' to A ABC so that A'B
Page 165 - ... bases simply : hence two prisms of the same altitude are to each other as their bases. For a like reason, two prisms of the same base are to each other as their altitudes.
Page 29 - ... to two sides of the other, but the third side of the first greater than the third side of the second, the angle opposite the third side of the first is.
Page 13 - If equals be added to unequals, the wholes are unequal. V. If equals be taken from unequals, the remainders are unequal. VI. Things which are double of the same, are equal to one another.