First B.A. Examination, University of London: A Hand-book to the Study of Latin, Greek, French and German, English Language and Literature, Arithmetic, Algebra, Plane and Solid Geometry ... and Other Subjects Included in the Above Examination ...J. Heywood, 1878 - 372 pages |
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... Figures A New Syllabus of Plane Geometry 198 199 The Order of Propositions in the Syllabus and their Relation to Euclid 200 Some Important Theorems and Problems 203 The Sequence of Theorems .. 205 The Test of Proportion 205 Text - Books ...
... Figures A New Syllabus of Plane Geometry 198 199 The Order of Propositions in the Syllabus and their Relation to Euclid 200 Some Important Theorems and Problems 203 The Sequence of Theorems .. 205 The Test of Proportion 205 Text - Books ...
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... figures we would advise him to let them alone , except half - a - dozen of the main ones , until he has thoroughly interested himself , by constant reading , in the order and connection of the main historical facts , and then to attach ...
... figures we would advise him to let them alone , except half - a - dozen of the main ones , until he has thoroughly interested himself , by constant reading , in the order and connection of the main historical facts , and then to attach ...
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... figures , with directions as to the choice to be made of the proper word ; and examples of the most familiar phrases and idioms . We like it much better than the abridged dictionary of Spiers ; its type and arrangement are greatly ...
... figures , with directions as to the choice to be made of the proper word ; and examples of the most familiar phrases and idioms . We like it much better than the abridged dictionary of Spiers ; its type and arrangement are greatly ...
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... figures contractées et terribles , désespérées par leurs remords , illuminées par leur grandeur . On voulait se reposer de tant d'efforts et de tant d'excès . sortir de l'école imaginative , sentimentale et satanique , Tennyson parut ...
... figures contractées et terribles , désespérées par leurs remords , illuminées par leur grandeur . On voulait se reposer de tant d'efforts et de tant d'excès . sortir de l'école imaginative , sentimentale et satanique , Tennyson parut ...
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... figures inclosed by straight lines or curves , and to solids bounded by plane or curved surfaces . The other branch , named the Mixed Mathematics , taking for granted some law or laws deduced by observation from nature , connects the ...
... figures inclosed by straight lines or curves , and to solids bounded by plane or curved surfaces . The other branch , named the Mixed Mathematics , taking for granted some law or laws deduced by observation from nature , connects the ...
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Page 202 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Page 303 - If a straight line be drawn parallel to one of the sides of a triangle, it shall cut the other sides, or these produced, proportionally : and if the sides, or the sides produced, be cut proportionally, the straight line which joins the points of section shall be parallel to the remaining side of the triangle.
Page 329 - LITERATURE with the HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE. The scheme of the course and revolutions of the language which is followed here is extremely simple, and resting not upon arbitrary but upon natural or real distinctions, gives us the only view of the subject that can claim to be regarded as of a scientific character.
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Page 180 - ... the sum of the roots is equal to the coefficient of the second term with its sign changed, and the product of the roots is equal to the last term.
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Page vi - Office, for the advancement of Religion and Morality, and the promotion of useful knowledge, to hold forth to all classes and denominations of our faithful subjects, without any distinction whatsoever, an encouragement for pursuing a regular and liberal course of Education...
Page 308 - Radian is the angle subtended, at the centre of a circle, by an arc equal in length to the radius...
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