| Euclid - Geometry - 1853 - 176 pages
...frf) I. 12. (e) I. 19. 0 I. Def. 15. COROLLARY. Hence it is manifest that the straight line which is drawn at right angles to the diameter of a circle from the extremity of it, touches the circumference of the circle, and that it touches it only in one point ; and further, that... | |
| William Somerville Orr - Science - 1854 - 534 pages
...straight line drawn at right angles to the diameter (AB) of a aírele (ABC), from the extremity of it (A) falls without the circle ; and no straight line can be drawn from that extremity between the straight line and the circumference, so as not to cut the circle. For if... | |
| John Playfair - Geometry - 1855 - 334 pages
...the farther the chord is from the centre, the shorter it is. PROP. XVI. THEOR. <T The straight lme drawn at right angles to the diameter of a circle,...without the circle ; and no straight line. can be drawn between that straight line and the circumference, from the extremity of the diameter, so as not to... | |
| Henry Latham - 1857 - 390 pages
...pass through one point within the triangle the arcs will together form a complete circumference. 2. The straight line drawn at right angles to the diameter...from the extremity of it falls without the circle. If AB be a fixed chord of a circle, AC and AD any two other chords making equal angles with AB; prove... | |
| Sandhurst roy. military coll - 1859 - 672 pages
...contained by the whole and each of the parts are together equal to the square on the whole line. 3. The straight line drawn at right angles to the diameter...and the circumference, so as not to cut the circle. VOLUNTARY PORTION. 1. Describe a circle about a given triangle. 2. If four straight lines be proportionals,... | |
| Euclides - 1860 - 288 pages
...is less than the square on EK, EH is less than EK. henee the straight line PROPOSITION XVI. THEOREM. The straight line drawn at right angles to the diameter...from the extremity of it, falls without the circle ; (2) and a straight line making an acute angle with the diameter at its extremity cuts the circle.... | |
| John Playfair - Geometry - 1860 - 334 pages
...conversely, the farther the chord is from the centre, the shorter it is. PROP. XVI. THEOR. The straight Ime drawn at right angles to the diameter of a circle,...of it, falls without the circle ; and no straight Une . can be drawn between that straight line and the circumference, from the extremity of the. diameter,... | |
| Robert Potts - Geometry, Plane - 1860 - 380 pages
...straight line and the perpendicular AE. QED COB. From this it is manifest, that the straight line which is drawn at right angles to the diameter of a circle from the extremity of it touches the circle ; (In. def. 2.) and that it touches it only in one point, because, if it did meet... | |
| Euclides - 1861 - 464 pages
...The best position therefore for the oars is in the Une of the Neatest width, AB. PROP. 16.— THEOn. The straight line drawn at right angles to the diameter...and the circumference, so as not to cut the circle ; or, which is the same thing, no straight line can make so great an acute angle with the diameter... | |
| Euclides - 1862 - 172 pages
...FG. (in. def. 5.) Wherefore, the diameter, &c. QED PROP. XVI.— THEOREM. The straight line which is drawn at right angles to the diameter of a circle,...between that straight line and the circumference, which does not cut the circle, or, which is the same thing, no straight line can make so great an acute... | |
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