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Page iv
... theorem for the solidi- ty of the triangular pyramid , by M. Queret of St. Malo , is sub- joined at the end . But the principal improvement in this edition consists in a new demonstration of the theorem relative to the three angles of a ...
... theorem for the solidi- ty of the triangular pyramid , by M. Queret of St. Malo , is sub- joined at the end . But the principal improvement in this edition consists in a new demonstration of the theorem relative to the three angles of a ...
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... theorem upon the sum of the angles of a triangle , the theory of parallel lines , & c . The second section , entitled the circle , treats of the most sim- ple properties of the circle , and those of chords , of tangents , and of the ...
... theorem upon the sum of the angles of a triangle , the theory of parallel lines , & c . The second section , entitled the circle , treats of the most sim- ple properties of the circle , and those of chords , of tangents , and of the ...
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... theorem , or in the solution of a problem . The common name of Proposition is given indifferently to theorems , problems , and lemmas . A Corollary is a consequence which follows from one or sev- eral propositions . A Scholium is a ...
... theorem , or in the solution of a problem . The common name of Proposition is given indifferently to theorems , problems , and lemmas . A Corollary is a consequence which follows from one or sev- eral propositions . A Scholium is a ...
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... THEOREM . 27. ALL right angles are equal . Demonstration . Let the straight line CD be perpendicular to Fig . 16. AB ( fig . 16 ) , and GH to EF , the angles ACD , EGH , will be equal . Take the four distances CA , CB , GE , GF , equal ...
... THEOREM . 27. ALL right angles are equal . Demonstration . Let the straight line CD be perpendicular to Fig . 16. AB ( fig . 16 ) , and GH to EF , the angles ACD , EGH , will be equal . Take the four distances CA , CB , GE , GF , equal ...
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... THEOREM . 32. Two straight lines , which have two points common , coin- cide throughout , and form one and the same straight line . Demonstration . Let the two points , which are common to the two lines , be A and B ( fig . 19 ) . In ...
... THEOREM . 32. Two straight lines , which have two points common , coin- cide throughout , and form one and the same straight line . Demonstration . Let the two points , which are common to the two lines , be A and B ( fig . 19 ) . In ...
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ABC fig adjacent angles altitude angle ACB angle BAC base ABCD bisect centre chord circ circular sector circumference circumscribed common cone consequently construction convex surface Corollary cube cylinder Demonstration diagonals diameter draw drawn equal angles equiangular equilateral equivalent faces figure formed four right angles frustum GEOM given point gles greater hence homologous sides hypothenuse inclination intersection isosceles triangle JOHN CRERAR LIBRARY join less Let ABC let fall line AC mean proportional measure the half meet multiplied number of sides oblique lines opposite parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpendicular plane MN polyedron prism produced proposition radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angles Scholium sector segment semicircle semicircumference side BC similar solid angle sphere spherical polygons spherical triangle square described straight line tangent THEOREM three angles triangle ABC triangular prism triangular pyramids vertex vertices whence