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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... divided into four equal parts , into eight , into sixteen , and so on . PROP . X. PROB . To bisect a given finite straight line , that is , to divide it into two equal parts . Let AB be the given straight line ; it is required to divide ...
... divided into four equal parts , into eight , into sixteen , and so on . PROP . X. PROB . To bisect a given finite straight line , that is , to divide it into two equal parts . Let AB be the given straight line ; it is required to divide ...
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... divided into as many trian- gles as the figure has sides , by drawing straight lines from a point F within the figure to each of its angles . And , by the preceding proposition , all the angles of these triangles are equal to twice as ...
... divided into as many trian- gles as the figure has sides , by drawing straight lines from a point F within the figure to each of its angles . And , by the preceding proposition , all the angles of these triangles are equal to twice as ...
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... divided into four triangles , which contain eight right angles ; that is , as many times two right an- gles as there are units in the number of sides diminished by two . But to avoid all ambiguity , we shall henceforth limit our ...
... divided into four triangles , which contain eight right angles ; that is , as many times two right an- gles as there are units in the number of sides diminished by two . But to avoid all ambiguity , we shall henceforth limit our ...
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... divided into any number of parts ; the rectangle contained by the two straight lines is equal to the rectangles contained by the undivided line , and the several parts of the divided line . Let A and BC be two straight lines ; and let ...
... divided into any number of parts ; the rectangle contained by the two straight lines is equal to the rectangles contained by the undivided line , and the several parts of the divided line . Let A and BC be two straight lines ; and let ...
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... 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 con- tained by the parts . Let the straight line AB be divided into any two parts in C ; the square ...
... 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 con- tained by the parts . Let the straight line AB be divided into any two parts in C ; the square ...
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ABC is equal ABCD adjacent angles altitude angle ABC angle ACB angle BAC base BC bisected centre chord circle ABC circumference cosine cylinder demonstrated described diameter divided draw equal and similar equal angles equiangular equilateral equilateral polygon equimultiples Euclid exterior angle fore four right angles given rectilineal given straight line greater Hence hypotenuse inscribed join less Let ABC Let the straight magnitudes meet multiple opposite angle parallel parallelogram parallelopiped perpendicular polygon prism PROB PROP proportional proposition quadrilateral radius ratio rectangle contained rectilineal figure remaining angle right angled triangle SCHOLIUM segment semicircle shewn side BC sine solid angle solid parallelopiped spherical angle spherical triangle square straight line BC THEOR touches the circle triangle ABC triangle DEF wherefore
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Page 51 - If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts; the rectangle contained by the unequal parts, together with the square of the line between the points of section, is equal to the square of half the line.
Page 74 - THE angles in the same segment of a circle are equal to one another...
Page 37 - 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 29 - Straight lines which are parallel to the same straight line are parallel to one another. Triangles and Rectilinear Figures. The sum of the angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles.
Page 29 - To draw a straight line through a given point parallel to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line ; it is required to draw a straight line through EAF the point A, parallel to the straight line '
Page 147 - If the vertical angle of a triangle be bisected by a straight line which also cute 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.
Page 19 - The angles which one straight line makes with another upon one side of i't, are either two right angles, or are together eqval to two right angles.
Page 134 - IF three straight lines be proportionals, the rectangle contained by the extremes is equal to the square of the mean : and if the rectangle contained by the extremes be equal to the square of the mean, the three straight lines are proportionals.
Page 294 - 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 13 - BC. Wherefore from the given point A a straight line AL has been drawn equal to the given straight line BC.