 | Mrs. L. H. Tyler - Astronomy - 1837 - 302 pages
...polar than the equatorial di ameter ? What is the curvature of the earth for one mile ? rectangle* contained by the whole line which cuts the circle, and the part of it without the circle is equal to the square of the line which touches it, ie the distance cn multipled into nb, equals the... | |
 | Euclid, James Thomson - Geometry - 1837 - 410 pages
...two straight lines be drawn, one of which cuts the circle, and the other touches it ; the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle, and the part of it without the circle, is equal to the square of the line which touches it. Let D be any point without the circle ABC, and... | |
 | Thomas Oswald Blackett - Leveling - 1838 - 144 pages
...two straight lines be drawn, one of which cuts the circle, and the other touches it ; the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle,...equal to the square of the line which touches it-" Let D be any point without the circle ABC, and DCA and DB two straight lines drawn from it, of which... | |
 | Robert Simson - Geometry - 1838 - 434 pages
...two straight lines be drawn, one of which cuts the circle, and the other touches it ; the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle,...equal to the square of the line which touches it. Let D be any point without the circle ABC, and DCA, DB two straight lines drawn from it, of which DCA... | |
 | Euclides - 1838 - 264 pages
...drawn two straight lines, one of which cuts the circle, and the other meets it; and if the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle, and the part of it without the circle, be equal to the square of the line which meets it, the line which meets shall touch the circle. Let... | |
 | Great Britain. Committee on Education - School buildings - 1853 - 1218 pages
...circle two straight lines be drawn, one of which cuts the circle and the other touches it, the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle...equal to the square of the line which touches it. MENSURATION. Section 3. 1. What is the cost of a wall of brickwork 72 ft. 6 ins. long, 19 ft. 3 in».... | |
 | Euclides - Geometry - 1841 - 378 pages
...be drawn two straight lines, one of which cuts the circle, and the other meets it; if the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle, and the part of it without the circle, be equal to the square of the line which meets it, the line which meeti shall touch the circle. Let... | |
 | John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1842 - 332 pages
...be drawn two straight lines, one of which cuts the circle, and the other meets it ; if the rectangle contained by the whole line, which cuts the circle, and the part of it without the circle, be equal to the square of the line which meets it, the line which meets shall touch the circle. Let... | |
 | Euclides - 1842 - 320 pages
...be drawn two straight lines, one of which cuts the circle, and the other meets it ; if the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle, and the part of it which is on the exterior of the circle, be equivalent to the square of the line which meets it, the... | |
 | Euclides - 1845 - 546 pages
...two straight lines be drawn, one of which cuts the circle, and the other touches it ; the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle,...equal to the square of the line which touches it. Let D be any point without the circle ABC, and let DCA, DB be two straight lines drawn from it, of... | |
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IF from any point without a circle two straight lines be drawn, one of which cuts the circle, and the other touches it ; the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle, and the part of it without the circle, shall be equal to the square... 
