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... tangents , and of the measure of angles by the arcs of a circle . These two sections are followed by the resolution of certain problems relating to the construction of figures . The third section , entitled the proportions of figures ...
... tangents , and of the measure of angles by the arcs of a circle . These two sections are followed by the resolution of certain problems relating to the construction of figures . The third section , entitled the proportions of figures ...
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... tangent is a line , which has only one point in common with the circumference , as CD . Fig . 48 . The common point Mis called the point of contact . Also two circumferences are tangents to each other ( fig . 59 , 60 ) , Fig.59 . when ...
... tangent is a line , which has only one point in common with the circumference , as CD . Fig . 48 . The common point Mis called the point of contact . Also two circumferences are tangents to each other ( fig . 59 , 60 ) , Fig.59 . when ...
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... tangent ( 97 ) . 111. Scholium . We can draw through a given point A only one tangent AD to the circumference ; for , if we could draw another , it would not be a perpendicular to the radius CA , and , with respect to this new tangent ...
... tangent ( 97 ) . 111. Scholium . We can draw through a given point A only one tangent AD to the circumference ; for , if we could draw another , it would not be a perpendicular to the radius CA , and , with respect to this new tangent ...
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... tangent DE ( 110 ) , and also to its parallel MP . But , since CH is perpendic- ular to the chord MP , the point H ... tangents , the one at H and the other at K , draw the parallel secant AB , and we shall have , according to what ...
... tangent DE ( 110 ) , and also to its parallel MP . But , since CH is perpendic- ular to the chord MP , the point H ... tangents , the one at H and the other at K , draw the parallel secant AB , and we shall have , according to what ...
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... and have only the point A common . And if , through the point A , we draw AE perpendicular to CD , the straight line AE will be a tangent common to all these circles . THEOREM . 119. In the same circle , or in Of the Circle . 31.
... and have only the point A common . And if , through the point A , we draw AE perpendicular to CD , the straight line AE will be a tangent common to all these circles . THEOREM . 119. In the same circle , or in Of the Circle . 31.
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ABC fig adjacent angles altitude angle ACB angle BAC base ABCD bisect centre chord circ circular sector circumference circumscribed common cone consequently convex surface Corollary cube cylinder Demonstration diagonals diameter draw drawn equal angles equiangular equilateral equivalent figure formed four right angles frustum GEOM given point gles greater hence homologous sides hypothenuse inclination intersection isosceles triangle JOHN CRERAR LIBRARY join less Let ABC let fall line AC mean proportional measure the half meet multiplied number of sides oblique lines opposite parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpendicular plane MN polyedron prism produced proposition pyramid S-ABC radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angles Scholium sector segment semicircle semicircumference side BC similar solid angle sphere spherical polygons spherical triangle square described straight line tangent THEOREM three angles triangle ABC triangular prism triangular pyramids vertex vertices whence