The Elements of Euclid; viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. Also the book of Euclid's Data. By R. Simson. To which is added, A treatise on the construction of the trigonometrical canon [by J. Christison] and A concise account of logarithms [by A. Robertson].1834 |
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... right angles ; therefore , DBA , ABC are together equal to two right angles . Wherefore , the angles which +1 Ax . one straight line , & c . Q. E. D. . PROPOSITION XIV . THEOR . - If , at a point in a straight line , two other straight ...
... right angles ; therefore , DBA , ABC are together equal to two right angles . Wherefore , the angles which +1 Ax . one straight line , & c . Q. E. D. . PROPOSITION XIV . THEOR . - If , at a point in a straight line , two other straight ...
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... right angles ; wherefore the angles CEA , AED are equal to the angles AED ; DEB : take away the common angle AED , and the re- maining angle CEA is equal to the remaining angle DEB . In the same manner it can be demonstrated , that the ...
... right angles ; wherefore the angles CEA , AED are equal to the angles AED ; DEB : take away the common angle AED , and the re- maining angle CEA is equal to the remaining angle DEB . In the same manner it can be demonstrated , that the ...
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... angle ABC ; to each of these add the angle ACB ; therefore the angles ACD , ACB are greater + than the angles ABC , ACB : but ACD , ACB are together equal to two right angles ; therefore the angles 13. 1 . ABC , BCA are less than two right ...
... angle ABC ; to each of these add the angle ACB ; therefore the angles ACD , ACB are greater + than the angles ABC , ACB : but ACD , ACB are together equal to two right angles ; therefore the angles 13. 1 . ABC , BCA are less than two right ...
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... angle EGB equal so the interior and opposite angle GHD upon the same side ; or make the interior angles on the same side , BGH , A- GHD together equal to two right angles : AB shall be parallel to CD . Because the angle EGB is equal to the ...
... angle EGB equal so the interior and opposite angle GHD upon the same side ; or make the interior angles on the same side , BGH , A- GHD together equal to two right angles : AB shall be parallel to CD . Because the angle EGB is equal to the ...
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... angle GHD , add to each of them the angle BGH ; therefore , the angles AGH , BGH are greater than the angles BGH , GHD : but the angles † 4 Ax . AGH , BGH are equal to two right angles ; therefore the angles BGH , GHD are less than two ...
... angle GHD , add to each of them the angle BGH ; therefore , the angles AGH , BGH are greater than the angles BGH , GHD : but the angles † 4 Ax . AGH , BGH are equal to two right angles ; therefore the angles BGH , GHD are less than two ...
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Page 32 - To a given straight line, to apply a parallelogram which shall be equal to a given triangle, and have one of its angles equal to a given rectilineal angle...
Page 138 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Page 39 - 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 22 - If a straight line fall upon two parallel straight lines, it makes the alternate angles equal to one another...
Page 41 - 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 5 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, each to each, but the...
Page 38 - IF a straight line be divided into any two parts, the rectangles contained by the whole and each of the parts, are together equal to the square of the whole line. Let the straight line AB be divided...
Page 262 - Again ; the mathematical postulate, that " things which are equal to the same are equal to one another," is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term.
Page 89 - PBOR. —To describe an isosceles triangle, having each of the angles at the base, double of the third angle. Take any straight...
Page 165 - Wherefore, in equal circles &c. QED PROPOSITION B. THEOREM If the vertical 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 the base, together with the square on the straight line which bisects the angle.