| Joseph Victor Collins - Algebra - 1918 - 360 pages
...on the hypotenuse of a right triangle equals the sum of the squares on the other two sides. 21. One side of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle is equal to the radius. 22. One side of a regular decagon inscribed in a circle of radius r is x in the proportion r- _ x xr... | |
| Sir Thomas Little Heath - Mathematics - 1921 - 474 pages
...solution of the problem of circumscribing a circle about a triangle (Eucl. IV. 5), and the theorem that the side of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle is equal to the radius (Eucl. IV. 15). But the most remarkable fact of all is that, according to Eudemus, Hippocrates actually... | |
| Sir Thomas Little Heath - Mathematics - 1921 - 474 pages
...solution of the problem of circumscribing a circle about a triangle (Eucl. IV. 5), and the theorem that the side of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle is equal to the radius (Eucl. IV. 15). But the most remarkable fact of all is that, according to Eudemus, Hippocrates actually... | |
| Sextus (Empiricus.) - History - 1998 - 500 pages
...or zodiac circle. The 'grammic' proof referred to here is that in Euclid, Elements 4. 15, that each side of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle is equal to the radius of the circle.292 If the earth is regarded as the centre of the heavenly sphere, a line drawn from the eye... | |
| Education - 1904 - 530 pages
...rotation about the center of the circle. Use the protractor to draw a regular pentagon. 43. Show that the side of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle is equal to the radius of the circle, and use this fact to construct a regular hexagon. 44. Show how a regular octagon can be gotten from... | |
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