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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... ratio of one quantity to another , is usually denoted by placing one of the two quantities over the other , in the form of a fraction : A B thus , signifies the ratio or quotient arising from the division of the quantity A by B. In fact ...
... ratio of one quantity to another , is usually denoted by placing one of the two quantities over the other , in the form of a fraction : A B thus , signifies the ratio or quotient arising from the division of the quantity A by B. In fact ...
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... greater contains the less a cer- tain number of times exactly . 3. Ratio is a mutual relation of two magnitudes , of the same kind , to one another , in respect of quantity . 4. Magnitudes are said to be of the same kind ELEMENTS ...
... greater contains the less a cer- tain number of times exactly . 3. Ratio is a mutual relation of two magnitudes , of the same kind , to one another , in respect of quantity . 4. Magnitudes are said to be of the same kind ELEMENTS ...
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... ratio to one another . 5. If there be four magnitudes , and if any equimultiples whatsoever be taken of the first ... ratio that the third has to the fourth . 6. Magnitudes are said to be proportionals , when the first has the same ratio ...
... ratio to one another . 5. If there be four magnitudes , and if any equimultiples whatsoever be taken of the first ... ratio that the third has to the fourth . 6. Magnitudes are said to be proportionals , when the first has the same ratio ...
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... ratio which A has to D , then , for shortness ' sake , M is said to have to Na ratio compounded of the same ratios which compound the ratio of A to D ; that is , a ratio compounded of the ratios of E to F , G to H , and K to L. 11. If ...
... ratio which A has to D , then , for shortness ' sake , M is said to have to Na ratio compounded of the same ratios which compound the ratio of A to D ; that is , a ratio compounded of the ratios of E to F , G to H , and K to L. 11. If ...
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... ratio to the second which the third has to the fourth , and if any equimultiples whatever be taken of the first and third , and any whatever of the second and fourth ; the multiple of the first shall have the same ratio to the multiple ...
... ratio to the second which the third has to the fourth , and if any equimultiples whatever be taken of the first and third , and any whatever of the second and fourth ; the multiple of the first shall have the same ratio to the multiple ...
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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.