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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... polygons ABCDEF and GHIKLM are equiangular to one another ; and since they are equilateral , the sides about the equal angles are proportion- als ; the polygon ABCD is therefore similar to the polygon GHIKLM ( def . 1.6 . ) . And ...
... polygons ABCDEF and GHIKLM are equiangular to one another ; and since they are equilateral , the sides about the equal angles are proportion- als ; the polygon ABCD is therefore similar to the polygon GHIKLM ( def . 1.6 . ) . And ...
Page 164
... polygon ABCDEF is to the polygon GHIKLM as the square of AD to the square of GK ; and they have also been shewn to be similar . Therefore , & c . Q. E. D. COR . Every equilateral polygon inscribed in a circle is also equi- angular : For ...
... polygon ABCDEF is to the polygon GHIKLM as the square of AD to the square of GK ; and they have also been shewn to be similar . Therefore , & c . Q. E. D. COR . Every equilateral polygon inscribed in a circle is also equi- angular : For ...
Page 165
... polygon , and equilateral polygon may be described about the circle , the sides of which will each be equal to KL , and will be equal in number to the sides of the inscribed polygon . Therefore , KL is the side of an equilateral ...
... polygon , and equilateral polygon may be described about the circle , the sides of which will each be equal to KL , and will be equal in number to the sides of the inscribed polygon . Therefore , KL is the side of an equilateral ...
Page 166
... polygon inscribed in the circle ABC . Wherefore also , HL is the side of an equilateral polygon , of the same number of sides , described about ABC ( 3. 1. Sup . ) . Let the polygon described about the circle be called , M and the ...
... polygon inscribed in the circle ABC . Wherefore also , HL is the side of an equilateral polygon , of the same number of sides , described about ABC ( 3. 1. Sup . ) . Let the polygon described about the circle be called , M and the ...
Page 167
... polygon M to the difference of the polygons ; therefore , since the square of AC is greater than M , the square of AF is greater than the difference of the polygons ( 14.5 ) . The difference of the poly- gons is therefore less than the ...
... polygon M to the difference of the polygons ; therefore , since the square of AC is greater than M , the square of AF is greater than the difference of the polygons ( 14.5 ) . The difference of the poly- gons is therefore less than the ...
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