Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid with a Supplement on the Quadrature of the Circle, and the Geometry of Solids : to which are Added, Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry |
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... prism is a solid figure contained by plane figures , of which two that are opposite are equal , similar , and parallel to one another ; and the others are parallelograms . 5. A parallelopiped is a solid figure contained by six ...
... prism is a solid figure contained by plane figures , of which two that are opposite are equal , similar , and parallel to one another ; and the others are parallelograms . 5. A parallelopiped is a solid figure contained by six ...
Page 199
... prism CAE is equal to the prism CBE ( 1. 3. Sup . ) , and the solid AB is cut into two equal prisms by the plane CDEF . A D N. B. The insisting straight lines of a parallelopiped , mentioned in the following propositions , are the sides ...
... prism CAE is equal to the prism CBE ( 1. 3. Sup . ) , and the solid AB is cut into two equal prisms by the plane CDEF . A D N. B. The insisting straight lines of a parallelopiped , mentioned in the following propositions , are the sides ...
Page 200
... prisms DAG , HLN are equal ( 1. 3. Sup . ) . Iftherefore the prism LNH be taken from the solid , of which the base is the parallelogram AB , and FDKN the plane opposite to the base ; and if from this same solid there be taken the prism ...
... prisms DAG , HLN are equal ( 1. 3. Sup . ) . Iftherefore the prism LNH be taken from the solid , of which the base is the parallelogram AB , and FDKN the plane opposite to the base ; and if from this same solid there be taken the prism ...
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... prism BNM is to the parallelopiped CD as the triangle AEM to the parallelogram LG . For by the last Cor . the prism BNM is to the prism DPG as the triangle AME to the triangle CGF , and therefore the prism BNM is to twice the prism DPG ...
... prism BNM is to the parallelopiped CD as the triangle AEM to the parallelogram LG . For by the last Cor . the prism BNM is to the prism DPG as the triangle AME to the triangle CGF , and therefore the prism BNM is to twice the prism DPG ...
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... prisms are to one another in the ratio compounded of the ratios of their bases , and of their altitudes . For every prism is equal to a parallelopiped of the same altitude with it , and of an equal base ( 2. Cor . 8. 3. Sup . ) . PROP ...
... prisms are to one another in the ratio compounded of the ratios of their bases , and of their altitudes . For every prism is equal to a parallelopiped of the same altitude with it , and of an equal base ( 2. Cor . 8. 3. Sup . ) . PROP ...
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