 | John Playfair - 1819 - 354 pages
...equal (8. 1.) to the angle CHG ; and thry are adjacent angles ; now when a straight lina standing on a straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of them is a right angle, and the straight line which stands upon the other is called a perpendicular... | |
 | Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace, Thomas Young - Capillarity - 1821 - 402 pages
...described by three letters placed near the lilies, the middle letter at the angular point % 64. DEFINITION. When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal, they are called right angles. 65. DEFINITION. A straight line between two right angles is called a... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - Mathematics - 1825 - 1046 pages
...Therefore the angle ADG is equal (8. 1.) to the angle GDB : But when a straight line standing upon another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is a right angle : (Ю. Def. 1 .) Therefore the angle GDB is a right angle. But FDB is likewise a right... | |
 | George Lees - 1826 - 276 pages
...When a straight line AB, standing on another straight line CD, makes the adjacent angles ABC and ABD equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle, and the straight line, which stands on the other, is called a perpendicular to it. •D OF GEOMETRY.... | |
 | Euclid - 1826 - 234 pages
...are right lines, it is called a rectilineal angle. 10. When a right line standing on another right line, makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the equal angles is a right angle, and the right line standing on the other is called a perpendicular.... | |
 | Euclides - 1826 - 226 pages
...are right lines, it is called a rectilineal angle. 10. When a right line standing on another right line, makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the equal angles is a right angle, and the right Tine standing on the other is called a perpendicular.... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1827 - 546 pages
...Def. CG : therefore the angle CHF is equal * to the angle * 8. 1. CHG ; and they are adjacent angles : but when a straight line, standing on another straight...the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of them is a right angle, and the straight line which stands upon the other, is called a perpendicular... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 814 pages
...that form the angle, thus С ü D or D В С denotes the angle contained by the line С В and DB. 7. When a straight line standing on another straight...another, each of the angles is called a RIGHT ANGLE, and the straight line which stands on the other is called a PERPENDICULAR. Fig. 4. 8. An OBTUSE ANGLE... | |
 | John Playfair - Geometry - 1829 - 210 pages
...one angle at a point, it may be expressed by a letter placed at that point, as -the angle at E. 10. When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to each other, each of the angles is called a right angle; and the straight line which stands on the other... | |
 | John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1832 - 358 pages
...: therefore the angle ADG is equal (8. 1.) to the angle GDB: But when a straight line standing upon another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each /• jii • • i j_ 1 / rr J f* i \ of the angles is a right angle (7. def. 1.) Therefore the aniile... | |
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When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a Right Angle; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a Perpendicular to it. 
