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Page xiii
... angle A , or the angle BAC . The vertex letter is always the middle one of the three . Hence the angle BAC is the same as the angle CAB . d . When several lines meet and form several angles , at the same vertex , we may consider one of ...
... angle A , or the angle BAC . The vertex letter is always the middle one of the three . Hence the angle BAC is the same as the angle CAB . d . When several lines meet and form several angles , at the same vertex , we may consider one of ...
Page xvi
... Angle . 1. The entire circumference of every circle is divided into 360 parts , called degrees , each deg . = 60 ... BAC contains as many deg . , min . , and secs . , as the arc BC in the smaller circle . The angle DAE contains as many ...
... Angle . 1. The entire circumference of every circle is divided into 360 parts , called degrees , each deg . = 60 ... BAC contains as many deg . , min . , and secs . , as the arc BC in the smaller circle . The angle DAE contains as many ...
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... angle BAC , in the former the sides DE and DF , and their angle EDF , in the latter , each to each . Then it is to be proved that 1. The base BC 2. The triangle ABC 3. The angle ABC the base EF . the triangle DEF . the angle DEF . = 4 ...
... angle BAC , in the former the sides DE and DF , and their angle EDF , in the latter , each to each . Then it is to be proved that 1. The base BC 2. The triangle ABC 3. The angle ABC the base EF . the triangle DEF . the angle DEF . = 4 ...
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... angle CGB , in the latter , each to each ( cons . and proof above ) , therefore the angle BCF = the angle CBG , and ... BAC with the vertical angle at A bisected by AD drawn to BC ; prove that AD is per- pendicular to BC . PROP . VI ...
... angle CGB , in the latter , each to each ( cons . and proof above ) , therefore the angle BCF = the angle CBG , and ... BAC with the vertical angle at A bisected by AD drawn to BC ; prove that AD is per- pendicular to BC . PROP . VI ...
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... angle BAC = the angle EDF . 2. The angle ABC the angle DEF . 3. The angle ACB the angle DFE . D G B E F PROOF . - 1 . If the triangle ABC be placed upon the triangle DEF , so that the point B is on the point E , and the side BC upon the ...
... angle BAC = the angle EDF . 2. The angle ABC the angle DEF . 3. The angle ACB the angle DFE . D G B E F PROOF . - 1 . If the triangle ABC be placed upon the triangle DEF , so that the point B is on the point E , and the side BC upon the ...
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Page 48 - IF a side of any triangle be produced, the exterior angle is equal to the two interior and opposite angles ; and the three interior angles of every triangle are equal to two right angles.
Page 88 - If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts ; the rectangle contained by the unequal parts, together with the square on the line between the points of section, is equal to the square on half the line.
Page 14 - To draw a straight line at right angles to a given straight line, from a given point in the same.
Page 36 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and also one side of the one equal to the corresponding side of the other, the triangles are congruent.
Page 64 - To a given straight line to apply a parallelogram, which shall be equal to a given triangle, and have one of its angles equal to a given rectilineal angle.
Page 108 - In every triangle, the square on the side subtending an acute angle, is less than the squares on the sides containing that angle, by twice the rectangle contained by either of these sides, and the straight line intercepted between the perpendicular let fall on it from the opposite angle, and the acute angle. Let ABC be any triangle, and the angle at B an acute angle; and on BC one of the sides containing it, let fall the perpendicular...
Page 47 - To draw a straight line through a given point parallel to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line.
Page 104 - To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, may be equal to the square of the other part.
Page 52 - The straight lines which join the extremities of two equal and parallel straight lines, towards the same parts, are also themselves equal and parallel.
Page 20 - If, at a point in a straight line, two other straight lines upon the opposite sides of it, make the adjacent angles, together equal to two right angles, these two straight lines shall be in one and the same straight line.