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Also an improved demonstration of the theorem for the solidity of the triangular pyramid , by M. Queret of St. Malo , is subjoined at the end . But the principal improvement in this edition consists in a new demonstration of the theorem ...
Also an improved demonstration of the theorem for the solidity of the triangular pyramid , by M. Queret of St. Malo , is subjoined at the end . But the principal improvement in this edition consists in a new demonstration of the theorem ...
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A Theorem is a truth which becomes evident by a process of reasoning called a demonstration . A Problem is a question proposed which requires a solution . A Lemma is a subsidiary truth employed in the demonstration of a theorem , or in ...
A Theorem is a truth which becomes evident by a process of reasoning called a demonstration . A Problem is a question proposed which requires a solution . A Lemma is a subsidiary truth employed in the demonstration of a theorem , or in ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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9 > THEOREM . 32. Two straight lines , which have two points common , coincide 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 ) .
9 > THEOREM . 32. Two straight lines , which have two points common , coincide 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 ) .
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THEOREM . Fig . 2 ) 33. If two adjacent angles ACD , DCB ( fig . 20 ) , are together equal to two right angles , the two exterior sides AC , CB , are in the same straight line . Demonstration . For if CB is not the line AC produced ...
THEOREM . Fig . 2 ) 33. If two adjacent angles ACD , DCB ( fig . 20 ) , are together equal to two right angles , the two exterior sides AC , CB , are in the same straight line . Demonstration . For if CB is not the line AC produced ...
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| Title | Elements of Geometry |
| Author | Adrien Marie Legendre |
| Translated by | John Farrar |
| Publisher | Hilliard, Gray, and Company, 1833 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 11 Apr 2012 |
| Length | 235 pages |
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