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... radius or semi- diameter , and every straight line , as AB , which passes through the centre , and is terminated each way by the circumference , is called a diameter . By the definition of a circle the radii are all equal , and all the ...
... radius or semi- diameter , and every straight line , as AB , which passes through the centre , and is terminated each way by the circumference , is called a diameter . By the definition of a circle the radii are all equal , and all the ...
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... radius CD will fall upon the radius OG , and the point D upon G ; therefore the arc AMD is equal to the arc ENG . Fig . 50 THEOREM . 103. In the same circle , or in equal circles , if the arc be less than half a circumference , the ...
... radius CD will fall upon the radius OG , and the point D upon G ; therefore the arc AMD is equal to the arc ENG . Fig . 50 THEOREM . 103. In the same circle , or in equal circles , if the arc be less than half a circumference , the ...
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... radius CG ( fig . 51 ) , perpendicular to a chord AB , Fig . 51 . bisects this chord and the arc subtended by it AGB . Demonstration . Draw the radii CA , CB ; these radii are , with respect to the perpendicular CD , two equal oblique ...
... radius CG ( fig . 51 ) , perpendicular to a chord AB , Fig . 51 . bisects this chord and the arc subtended by it AGB . Demonstration . Draw the radii CA , CB ; these radii are , with respect to the perpendicular CD , two equal oblique ...
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... radius OB , will pass through the three points A , B , C. It is thus proved , that the circumference of a circle may be made to pass through any three given points , which are not in the same straight line ; it remains to show , that ...
... radius OB , will pass through the three points A , B , C. It is thus proved , that the circumference of a circle may be made to pass through any three given points , which are not in the same straight line ; it remains to show , that ...
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... radius AC , is a tangent to the circumference . Demonstration . Since every oblique line CE is greater than the ... radius CA , and , with respect to this new tangent , the radius CA would be an oblique line , and the perpendicular let ...
... radius AC , is a tangent to the circumference . Demonstration . Since every oblique line CE is greater than the ... radius CA , and , with respect to this new tangent , the radius CA would be an oblique line , and the perpendicular let ...
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