 | John Playfair - Circle-squaring - 1819 - 350 pages
...PROP. HI. PROB. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut ofl'aparl equal to the lesa. .D Let AB and C be the two given straight lines, whereof...is the greater. It is required to cut off from AB, the greater, a part equal to C, the less. From the point A draw (2. 1.) the straight line AD equal... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - Mathematics - 1825 - 1046 pages
...given straight Une BC. • Which was to be done. Proposition III. Problem. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the less. Let AB and С be the two given straight lines, whereof AB is the greater. It is required to cut off from AB the... | |
 | Euclid, John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1826 - 326 pages
...line BC. Whieh was to be done. PROP. III. PROB. From the greater of two given straight lines to eut off a part equal to the less. Let AB and C be the...lines, whereof AB is the 'greater. It is required to eut off from AB, the greater, a part equal to C,the less. From the point A draw (2. 1.) the straight... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1827 - 546 pages
...equal to the given straight line BC. Which was to be done. PROP. III. PROB. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the...is the greater. It is required to cut off from AB, the greater, a part equal to C, the less. From the point A draw * the straight line AD equal to C;... | |
 | John Playfair - Geometry - 1829 - 210 pages
...circumference draw a line AD; then AD is equal to C (20 Def.). PROPOSITION HI. PROBLEM From the greater of two given straight lines to cut , off a part equal to the less. — (See last figure.) Let AB and C be the given straight lines, of which AB is th" greater. It is... | |
 | Euclid - 1835 - 540 pages
...equal to the given straight line BC. Which was to be done. PROP. III. PROB. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the...is the greater. It is required to cut off from AB, the greater, a part equal to C, the less. |Vy. . , ^ From the point A draw » the \ " /-^ & a *•... | |
 | George Darley - Euclid's Elements - 1836 - 172 pages
...practical basis of admeasurement to which we have alluded. PROB. III. From the greater nftwogiven right lines to cut off a part equal to the less. Let AB, CD be two right Hues, of which AB is greater than CD . It is required to cut off from AB a part equal... | |
 | Andrew Bell - Euclid's Elements - 1837 - 290 pages
...has teen drawn equal to the given straight line BC. PROPOSITION HI. PROBLEM. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the...is the greater. It is required to cut off from AB, the greater, a part equal to C, the less. From the point A draw (1-2) the straight line AD equal to... | |
 | Euclid, James Thomson - Geometry - 1837 - 410 pages
...lines to cut off a part equal to the less.t Let AB and C be the two given straight lines, of which AB is the greater. It is required to cut off from AB, r_ the greater, a part equal to C, the less. From the point A draw (I. 2.) the straight line AD equal... | |
 | Euclides - 1838 - 264 pages
...non-essential to the argument. PROP. III. PROS. From the greater of two gieen straight lines to cut of a part equal to the less. Let AB and C be the two...is the greater. It is required to cut off from AB, the greater, a part equal to C, the less. * 2. i. From the point A draw* the straight line AD equal... | |
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From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the less. Let AB and C be the two given straight lines, whereof AB is the greater. 
