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... vertex A ; sometimes by three letters BAC , or CAB , the letter at the vertex being always placed in the middle . Angles , like all other quantities , are susceptible of addition , subtraction , multiplication , and division . Thus the ...
... vertex A ; sometimes by three letters BAC , or CAB , the letter at the vertex being always placed in the middle . Angles , like all other quantities , are susceptible of addition , subtraction , multiplication , and division . Thus the ...
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... vertices of twe angles not adjacent to each other . Thus , AC , AD , AE , AF , in the diagram of Art . 79 , are diagonals . 19. An equilateral polygon is one which has all its sides equal ; an equiangular polygon , one which has all its ...
... vertices of twe angles not adjacent to each other . Thus , AC , AD , AE , AF , in the diagram of Art . 79 , are diagonals . 19. An equilateral polygon is one which has all its sides equal ; an equiangular polygon , one which has all its ...
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... vertex and a common side , and their sum equal to two right angles , the exterior sides of these angles will lie in the same straight line . Let ACD and DCB be the two an- gles , C the common vertex , and CD the common side ; then will ...
... vertex and a common side , and their sum equal to two right angles , the exterior sides of these angles will lie in the same straight line . Let ACD and DCB be the two an- gles , C the common vertex , and CD the common side ; then will ...
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... vertex of an isosceles triangle to the middle point of its base , is perpendicular to that base , and divides the angle at the vertex into two equal parts . In a triangle which is not isosceles , any side may be as- sumed indifferently ...
... vertex of an isosceles triangle to the middle point of its base , is perpendicular to that base , and divides the angle at the vertex into two equal parts . In a triangle which is not isosceles , any side may be as- sumed indifferently ...
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... vertex of any one angle A , diago- B nals AC , AD , AE , AF , be drawn to the ver- tices of all the opposite angles , it is plain that A the polygon will be divided into five triangles , if it has seven sides ; into six triangles , if ...
... vertex of any one angle A , diago- B nals AC , AD , AE , AF , be drawn to the ver- tices of all the opposite angles , it is plain that A the polygon will be divided into five triangles , if it has seven sides ; into six triangles , if ...
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ABCD adjacent angles altitude angle ACB angle BAD base bisect centre chord circ circle circular sector circumference circumscribed common cone construction continued fraction convex surface cosines cylinder diameter dicular draw drawn equal angles equation equivalent figure formed formulas four right angles frustum given angle given line gles greater homologous sides hypotenuse inclination inscribed intersection isosceles less Let ABC let fall likewise measure multiplied number of sides oblique lines opposite parallel parallelepipedon parallelogram pendicular perimeter perpen perpendicular plane MN polyedron prism proposition quadrilateral radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon respectively equal right angles right-angled triangle SABC Scholium sector segment similar sine solid angle solid described sphere spherical polygons spherical triangle square straight line suppose tang tangent THEOREM third side three angles trian triangle ABC triangular prism triangular pyramids vertex vertices
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Page 257 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
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Page 187 - For, if the arc AD be drawn from the vertex A to the middle point D of the base, the two triangles ABD, ACD, will have all the sides of the one respectively equal to the corresponding sides of the other...
Page 3 - A right-angled triangle is one which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse.
Page 27 - CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB E.
Page 11 - If two triangles have two sides of the one respectively equal to two sides of the other, and the included angles unequal, the triangle which has the greater included angle has the greater third side.
Page 73 - If two polygons are composed of the same number of triangles, similar each to each, and similarly placed, the polygons are similar. In the two polygons ABCDE and A'B'C'D'E', let the triangles AEB, EEC, CED be similar, respectively, to the triangles A'E'B', B'E'C', C'E'D'; and similarly placed.
Page 157 - Any two rectangular parallelopipedons are to each other as the products of their bases by their altitudes ; that is to say, as the products of their three dimensions.
Page 107 - ... of the regular inscribed and circumscribed polygons having double the number of sides. Let AB be a side of the given inscribed polygon ; EF, parallel to AB, a side of the circumscribed polygon ; C the centre of the circle. If the chord AM and the tangents AP, BQ, be drawn, AM...
Page 59 - Two triangles of the same altitude are to each other as their bases, and two triangles of the same base are to each other as their altitudes. And triangles generally, are to each other, as the products of their bases and altitudes.