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... CIRCUMFERENCE or PERIPHERY of a circle is its entire bounding line ; or it is a curved line , all points of which ... circumference ; as the line CA , CD , or CB . 155. A DIAMETER of a circle is any straight line drawn through the centre ...
... CIRCUMFERENCE or PERIPHERY of a circle is its entire bounding line ; or it is a curved line , all points of which ... circumference ; as the line CA , CD , or CB . 155. A DIAMETER of a circle is any straight line drawn through the centre ...
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... circumference in but one point ; as the line CD . The point of meeting is called the POINT OF CONTACT ; as the point ... circumference ; as the line A B , or B C. A 164. An INSCRIBED ANGLE is one which has its vertex in the circumference ...
... circumference in but one point ; as the line CD . The point of meeting is called the POINT OF CONTACT ; as the point ... circumference ; as the line A B , or B C. A 164. An INSCRIBED ANGLE is one which has its vertex in the circumference ...
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... circumference of the circle ; as the triangle ABC . C B 166. The circle is then said to be CIRCUMSCRIBED about the polygon . D C 167. A POLYGON is CIRCUMSCRIBED about a circle when all its sides are E tangents to the circumference ; as ...
... circumference of the circle ; as the triangle ABC . C B 166. The circle is then said to be CIRCUMSCRIBED about the polygon . D C 167. A POLYGON is CIRCUMSCRIBED about a circle when all its sides are E tangents to the circumference ; as ...
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... circumference , and the included seg- ment is a semicircle . PROPOSITION II . THEOREM . 172. A straight line cannot meet the circumference of a circle in more than two points . For , if a straight line could meet the circumference ABD ...
... circumference , and the included seg- ment is a semicircle . PROPOSITION II . THEOREM . 172. A straight line cannot meet the circumference of a circle in more than two points . For , if a straight line could meet the circumference ABD ...
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... circumference . If they were greater , the contrary would be true ; in which case , as the arcs in- creased , the chords would diminish , and conversely . PROPOSITION V. - THEOREM . 176. In the same circle , or in equal circles , radii ...
... circumference . If they were greater , the contrary would be true ; in which case , as the arcs in- creased , the chords would diminish , and conversely . PROPOSITION V. - THEOREM . 176. In the same circle , or in equal circles , radii ...
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A B C ABCD adjacent angles altitude angle equal base bisect centre chord circle circumference circumscribed cone convex surface cosec cosine Cotang cylinder diagonal diameter distance divided drawn equal Prop equilateral triangle equivalent exterior angle feet formed frustum gles greater half the sum hence homologous hypothenuse inches included angle inscribed less Let ABC line A B logarithm logarithmic sine mean proportional measured by half multiplied number of sides parallel parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpendicular polyedron prism PROBLEM PROPOSITION pyramid quadrantal radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angles right-angled triangle rods Scholium secant segment side A B similar sine slant height solidity solve the triangle sphere spherical polygon spherical triangle Tang tangent THEOREM triangle ABC triangle equal trigonometric functions vertex
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Page 35 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 57 - If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent.
Page 117 - Through a given point to draw a straight line parallel to a given straight line, Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line : it is required to draw through the point A a straight line parallel to BC.
Page 50 - If any number of magnitudes are proportional, any antecedent is to its consequent as the sum of all the antecedents is to the sum of all the consequents. Let A : B : : C : D : : E : F; then will A : B : : A + C + E : B + D + F.
Page 77 - Two rectangles having equal altitudes are to each other as their bases.
Page 158 - If a straight line is perpendicular to each of two straight lines at their point of intersection, it is perpendicular to the plane of those lines.
Page 313 - FRACTION is a negative number, and is one more tftan the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure.
Page 314 - The logarithm of any POWER of a number is equal to the product of the logarithm of the number by the exponent of the power. For let m be any number, and take the equation (Art.
Page 100 - The areas of two triangles which have an angle of the one equal to an angle of the other are to each other as the products of the sides including the equal angles. A D A' Hyp. In triangles ABC and A'B'C', To prove AABC A A'B'C' A'B' x A'C ' Proof. Draw the altitudes BD and B'D'.
Page 244 - RULE. — Multiply the base by the altitude, and the product will be the area.