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Page 3 - To draw a straight line perpendicular to a given straight line from a given point without it . 26 4.
Page 5 - 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 12 - ABC be the given rectilineal figure, to which the figure to be described is required to be similar, and D that to which it must be equal. It is required to describe a rectilineal figure similar to ABC, and equal to D. Upon the straight line BC describe (cor.
Page 7 - SEGMEBTT of a circle being given to describe the circle of which it is the segment.* Let ABC be the given segment of a circle ; it is required to describe the circle of which it is the segment.
Page 72 - ... the sum of the squares on half the line and on the line between the points of section*.
Page 2 - PROB. from a given point to draw a straight line equal to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line : it is required to draw from the point A a straight line equal to BC.
Page 8 - In a given circle to inscribe a triangle equiangular to a given triangle. Let ABC be the given circle, and DEF the given triangle ; it is required to inscribe in the circle ABC a triangle equiangular to the triangle DEF.
Page 8 - UPON a given straight line to describe a segment of a circle containing an angle equal to a given rectilineal angle.
Page 4 - At a point in a given straight line to make an angle equal to a given angle.
Page 71 - If a straight line be divided into any two, parts, the square on the whole line is equal to the sum of the rectangles contained by the whole and each of the parts*.