Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, with a Supplement on the Quadrature of the Circle, and the Geometry of Solids : to which are Added, Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry |
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... triangle ABC , to the point D within it ; BD and DC are less than the other two sides BA , AC of the triangle , but contain an angle BDC greater than the angle BAC . A D E Produce BD to E ; and because two sides of a triangle ( 20. 1 ...
... triangle ABC , to the point D within it ; BD and DC are less than the other two sides BA , AC of the triangle , but contain an angle BDC greater than the angle BAC . A D E Produce BD to E ; and because two sides of a triangle ( 20. 1 ...
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... ABC , DEF be two triangles which have the two sides , AB , АС , equal to the two sides DE , DF , each to each , viz . AB equal to DE , and AC to DF : but let the base CB be greater than the base ... angle BAC greater than the angle ...
... ABC , DEF be two triangles which have the two sides , AB , АС , equal to the two sides DE , DF , each to each , viz . AB equal to DE , and AC to DF : but let the base CB be greater than the base ... angle BAC greater than the angle ...
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... angle of the other . Let ABC , DEF be two trian- gles which have the angles ABC , BCA equal to the angles DEF , EFD , viz . ABC to DEF , and BCA to EFD , also one side equal to one side ; and first , let those sides be equal which ...
... angle of the other . Let ABC , DEF be two trian- gles which have the angles ABC , BCA equal to the angles DEF , EFD , viz . ABC to DEF , and BCA to EFD , also one side equal to one side ; and first , let those sides be equal which ...
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... triangle be produced , the exterior angle is equal to the two interior and opposite angles ; and the three interior angles of every triangle are equal to two right angles . Let ABC be a triangle , and let one of its sides BC be produced ...
... triangle be produced , the exterior angle is equal to the two interior and opposite angles ; and the three interior angles of every triangle are equal to two right angles . Let ABC be a triangle , and let one of its sides BC be produced ...
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... angle ABC , with its adjacent exterior ABD , is equal ( 13. 1. ) to two right angles ; therefore all the interior ... angle ; for if there were two , the third angle must be nothing . Still less can a triangle have more than one ...
... angle ABC , with its adjacent exterior ABD , is equal ( 13. 1. ) to two right angles ; therefore all the interior ... angle ; for if there were two , the third angle must be nothing . Still less can a triangle have more than one ...
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Page 51 - If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts; the rectangle contained by the unequal parts, together with the square of the line between the points of section, is equal to the square of half the line.
Page 149 - IF an angle of a triangle be bisected by a straight line, which likewise cuts the base ; the rectangle contained by the sides of the triangle is equal to the rectangle contained by the segments of...
Page 12 - To draw a straight line through a given point parallel to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line.
Page 9 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another.
Page 52 - If a straight line be bisected, and produced to any point, the rectangle contained by the whole line thus produced, and the part of it produced, together with the square on half the line bisected, is equal to the square on the straight line which is made up of the half and the part produced.
Page 80 - The angle in a semicircle is a right angle; the angle in a segment greater than a semicircle is less than a right angle; and the angle in a segment less than a semicircle is greater than a right angle.
Page 296 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 50 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, is equal to the rectangle contained by the two parts, together with the square of the aforesaid part.
Page 15 - UPON the same base, and on the same side of it, there cannot be two triangles that have their sides which are terminated in one extremity of the base equal to one another, and likewise those which are terminated in the other extremity.
Page 81 - If a straight line touch a circle, and from the point of contact a straight line be drawn cutting the circle, the angles made by...