The Elements of Euclid; viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. Also the book of Euclid's Data. By R. Simson. To which is added, A treatise on the construction of the trigonometrical canon [by J. Christison] and A concise account of logarithms [by A. Robertson].1834 |
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Page iv
... solid angles of the figures is contained by no more than three plane angles ; for in other cases , two solid figures may be contained by similar planes of the same number and magnitude , and yet be unequal to one another , as shall be ...
... solid angles of the figures is contained by no more than three plane angles ; for in other cases , two solid figures may be contained by similar planes of the same number and magnitude , and yet be unequal to one another , as shall be ...
Page ix
... Solids : the first four Books treat of planes only ; the fifth of the pro- portions of magnitudes in general ; the 6th of the proportion of plane figures ; the 7th , 8th , and 9th , give us the funda- mental properties of numbers ; the ...
... Solids : the first four Books treat of planes only ; the fifth of the pro- portions of magnitudes in general ; the 6th of the proportion of plane figures ; the 7th , 8th , and 9th , give us the funda- mental properties of numbers ; the ...
Page 169
... SOLID is that which hath length , breadth , and thickness . II . That which bounds a solid is a superficies . III . A straight line is perpendicular , or at right angles , to a plane , when it makes right angles with every straight line ...
... SOLID is that which hath length , breadth , and thickness . II . That which bounds a solid is a superficies . III . A straight line is perpendicular , or at right angles , to a plane , when it makes right angles with every straight line ...
Page 170
... solid angles equal , cach to each , and are contained by the same number of similar planes . XII . A pyramid is a solid figure contained by planes that are constituted betwixt one plane and one point above it in which they meet . XIII ...
... solid angles equal , cach to each , and are contained by the same number of similar planes . XII . A pyramid is a solid figure contained by planes that are constituted betwixt one plane and one point above it in which they meet . XIII ...
Page 171
... solid figure described by the revolution of a right - angled triangle about one of the sides containing the right angle , which side remains fixed . If the fixed side be equal to the other side containing the right angle , the cone is ...
... solid figure described by the revolution of a right - angled triangle about one of the sides containing the right angle , which side remains fixed . If the fixed side be equal to the other side containing the right angle , the cone is ...
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ABC is given AC is equal altitude angle ABC angle BAC base BC bisected centre circle ABCD circle EFGH circumference common logarithm cone Constr cylinder demonstrated described diameter draw drawn equal angles equiangular equimultiples Euclid ex æquali excess fore given angle given in magnitude given in position given in species given magnitude given ratio given straight line gnomon greater join less Let ABC logarithm multiple parallel parallelogram perpendicular point F polygon prism Prop proportionals Q. E. D. PROPOSITION radius ratio of AE rectangle CB rectangle contained rectilineal figure remaining angle right angles segment shewn sides BA similar sine solid angle solid parallelopiped square of AC straight line AB straight line BC tangent THEOR.-If tiple triangle ABC vertex wherefore
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Page 32 - 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 138 - 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 39 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, is equal to the rectangle contained by the two parts, together with the square of the aforesaid part.
Page 22 - If a straight line fall upon two parallel straight lines, it makes the alternate angles equal to one another...
Page 41 - If a straight line be bisected and produced to any point, the rectangle contained by the whole line thus produced and the part of it produced, together •with the square on half the line bisected, is equal to the square on the straight line which is made up of the half and the part produced.
Page 5 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, each to each, but the...
Page 38 - IF a straight line be divided into any two parts, the rectangles contained by the whole and each of the parts, are together equal to the square of the whole line. Let the straight line AB be divided...
Page 262 - Again ; the mathematical postulate, that " things which are equal to the same are equal to one another," is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term.
Page 89 - PBOR. —To describe an isosceles triangle, having each of the angles at the base, double of the third angle. Take any straight...
Page 165 - Wherefore, in equal circles &c. QED PROPOSITION B. THEOREM If the vertical angle of a triangle be bisected by a straight line which likewise cuts the base, the rectangle contained by the sides of the triangle is equal to the rectangle contained by the segments of the base, together with the square on the straight line which bisects the angle.