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... sides AC , CB , are in the same straight line . Demonstration . For if CB is not the line AC produced , let CE be ... number of straight lines , as CA , CB ( fig . 22 ) , & c . , meet in the same point C , the sum of all the successive ...
... sides AC , CB , are in the same straight line . Demonstration . For if CB is not the line AC produced , let CE be ... number of straight lines , as CA , CB ( fig . 22 ) , & c . , meet in the same point C , the sum of all the successive ...
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... number of sides minus two . Demonstration . Let ABCDE , & c . ( fig . 42 ) , be the proposed polygon ; if , from the vertex of the angle A , we draw to the ver- tices of the opposite angles the diagonals AC , AD , AE , & c . , it is ...
... number of sides minus two . Demonstration . Let ABCDE , & c . ( fig . 42 ) , be the proposed polygon ; if , from the vertex of the angle A , we draw to the ver- tices of the opposite angles the diagonals AC , AD , AE , & c . , it is ...
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... sides have such a connexion , that , when one increases or diminishes in any ratio whatever , the other increases or ... number comprehended between O and 1 , and an obtuse angle by a number between 1 and 2 . But this manner of ...
... sides have such a connexion , that , when one increases or diminishes in any ratio whatever , the other increases or ... number comprehended between O and 1 , and an obtuse angle by a number between 1 and 2 . But this manner of ...
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... number of linear units contained in the altitude . This measure , however , is not absolute , but relative ; it sup- poses that we estimate , in a similar manner , another rectangle by measuring its sides by the same linear unit ; we ...
... number of linear units contained in the altitude . This measure , however , is not absolute , but relative ; it sup- poses that we estimate , in a similar manner , another rectangle by measuring its sides by the same linear unit ; we ...
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... number by itself . The squares of the numbers 1 , 2 , 3 , & c . , are 1 , 4 , 9 , & c . Thus a double line gives a ... sides AB , CD . GEOM 7 Fig . 106 . Demonstration . Through the point I Of the Proportions of Figures . 49.
... number by itself . The squares of the numbers 1 , 2 , 3 , & c . , are 1 , 4 , 9 , & c . Thus a double line gives a ... sides AB , CD . GEOM 7 Fig . 106 . Demonstration . Through the point I Of the Proportions of Figures . 49.
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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