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... proved that the angle ACD is equal to the angle EGH . Take the four straight lines AC , CB , EG , GF , all equal to each other ; then will the line AB be equal to the line EF ( Axiom 2 ) . Let the line EF be applied to the line AB , so ...
... proved that the angle ACD is equal to the angle EGH . Take the four straight lines AC , CB , EG , GF , all equal to each other ; then will the line AB be equal to the line EF ( Axiom 2 ) . Let the line EF be applied to the line AB , so ...
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... proved that no other can be in the same straight line with it but BD . Therefore , if at a point , & c . PROPOSITION IV . THEOREM . Two straight lines , which have two points common , coincide with each other throughout their whole ...
... proved that no other can be in the same straight line with it but BD . Therefore , if at a point , & c . PROPOSITION IV . THEOREM . Two straight lines , which have two points common , coincide with each other throughout their whole ...
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... proved that the angle AED is equal to the angle CEB . Therefore , if two straight lines , & c . Cor . 1. Hence , if two straight lines cut one another , the four angles formed at the point of intersection , are together equal to four ...
... proved that the angle AED is equal to the angle CEB . Therefore , if two straight lines , & c . Cor . 1. Hence , if two straight lines cut one another , the four angles formed at the point of intersection , are together equal to four ...
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... proved that the sum of BD and DC is less than the sum of BE and EC ; much more , then , is the sum of BD and DC less than the sum of BA and AC , Therefore , if from a point , & c . PROPOSITION X. THEOREM . The angles at the base of an ...
... proved that the sum of BD and DC is less than the sum of BE and EC ; much more , then , is the sum of BD and DC less than the sum of BA and AC , Therefore , if from a point , & c . PROPOSITION X. THEOREM . The angles at the base of an ...
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... proved that it is not equal to it ; hence the angle BAC must be greater than the angle EDF . Therefore , if two triangles , & c . PROPOSITION XV . THEOREM . If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of ...
... proved that it is not equal to it ; hence the angle BAC must be greater than the angle EDF . Therefore , if two triangles , & c . PROPOSITION XV . THEOREM . If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of ...
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ABCD AC is equal allel altitude angle ABC angle ACB angle BAC base BCDEF bisected chord circle circumference cone convex surface curve described diagonals diameter draw ellipse equal angles equal to AC equally distant equiangular equilateral equivalent exterior angle foci four right angles frustum given angle given point greater hyperbola hypothenuse inscribed intersect join latus rectum Let ABC lines AC Loomis major axis mean proportional measured by half meet number of sides ordinate parabola parallelogram parallelopiped pendicular perimeter perpen perpendicular plane MN prism Professor of Mathematics PROPOSITION pyramid radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angles Prop Scholium segment side AC similar similar triangles slant height solid angle sphere spherical triangle square subtangent tangent THEOREM triangle ABC vertex vertices
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Page 60 - Any two rectangles are to each other as the products of their bases by their altitudes.
Page 17 - If two triangles have two sides, and the included angle of the one, equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, each to each, the two triangles will be equal, their third sides will be equal, and their other angles will be equal, each to each.
Page 101 - When you have proved that the three angles of every triangle are equal to two right angles...
Page 63 - IF a straight line be divided into any two parts, the square of the whole line is equal to the squares of the two parts, together with twice the' rectangle contained by the parts.
Page 18 - BC common to the two triangles, which is adjacent to their equal angles ; therefore their other sides shall be equal, each to each, and the third angle of the one to the third angle of the other, (26.
Page 10 - 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.
Page 32 - 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 37 - Proportional, when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the second to the third.
Page 15 - Wherefore, when a straight line, &c. QED PROP. XIV. THEOR. 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.
Page 44 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.