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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. "
The Elements of Euclid for the Use of Schools and Colleges: Comprising the ... - Page 73
by Euclid, Isaac Todhunter - 1867 - 400 pages
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The first two books of the Elements of Euclid, with additional figures ...

Euclides - 1852 - 152 pages
...is equal d to the angle CHG; ' and they are adjacent angles; but when a straight line 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...
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The synoptical Euclid; being the first four books of Euclid's Elements of ...

Euclides - 1853 - 146 pages
...base CG; therefore (I. 8.) 3. The angle CHF is equal to the angle 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...
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The first six books of the Elements of Euclid, with numerous exercises

Euclides - Geometry - 1853 - 176 pages
...the angle c hf is equal (i. 8) to the angle chg ; and they are adjacent angles ; but when (10 def.) a straight line standing on another straight line...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...
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The geometry, by T. S. Davies. Conic sections, by Stephen Fenwick

Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - Mathematics - 1853 - 400 pages
...equal (8. i.) to the angle CHG ; and they are adjacent angles ; but when a straight line 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...
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Orr's Circle of the Sciences: Organic nature, vols. 1-3 (1854-1856)

William Somerville Orr - Science - 1854 - 534 pages
...straight line (AB) standing on another straight line (CD) makes the adjacent angles (А В С, А В D) equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle ; and the straight lines are said to be perpendicular to each other. Thus the two lines, AB, CD, are...
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The Elements of geometry; or, The first six books, with the eleventh and ...

Euclides - 1855 - 270 pages
...is put in inverted commas, as being Dr. Simson's addition ; it is very necessary to be remembered. X When a straight line standing on another straight...the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of these angles is called a right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a...
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Mensuration of Lines, Areas, Surfaces, and Volumes ...

Robert Rawson - 1856 - 178 pages
...only one angle at a point, it may be expressed by a letter placed at that point ; as the angle at E." 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 to it. XL An obtuse angle...
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The geometry of the three first books of Euclid, by direct proof from ...

Euclides - 1856 - 168 pages
...on the point of intersection between the straight lines or arms of the angle. XV. — RIGHT ANGLE. 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...
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APPLETONS' CYCLOPAEDIA OF DRAWING

W.E. WORTHEN - 1857 - 600 pages
...only one angle at a point, it may be expressed by a letter placed at that point; as the angle at E.' When a straight line standing on another straight...another, each of the angles is called a right angle; and the straight lines are said to be perpendicular to each other (fig. 3). An obtuse <mgle is that...
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Appletons' Cyclopædia of Drawing: Designed as a Text-book for the Mechanic ...

William Ezra Worthen - Architectural drawing - 1857 - 650 pages
...only one angle at a point, it may be expressed by a letter placed at that point ; as the angle at E.' When a straight line standing on another straight...another, each of the angles is called a right angle ; and the straight lines are said to be perpendicular to each other (fig. 3). An obtuse angle is that...
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