Euclid's plane geometry, books iii.-vi., practically applied; or, Gradations in Euclid, part ii., with illustr. [&c.] by H. Green1861 |
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... polygon , as the figure will show . A capital letter , or two capital letters , with the numeral 2 just above to the right hand , as A2 , or A B2 , denote not the square of A , A B , but the square on A or A B. Capital letters , with a ...
... polygon , as the figure will show . A capital letter , or two capital letters , with the numeral 2 just above to the right hand , as A2 , or A B2 , denote not the square of A , A B , but the square on A or A B. Capital letters , with a ...
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... polygons ; and are called equilateral when their sides are equal ; and equiangular when their angles are equal . Also , when both their sides and angles are equal they are called regular polygons . " POTTS ' EUCLID , p . 124 . N.B. ...
... polygons ; and are called equilateral when their sides are equal ; and equiangular when their angles are equal . Also , when both their sides and angles are equal they are called regular polygons . " POTTS ' EUCLID , p . 124 . N.B. ...
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... polygon . . A circle may be described , & c . Q. E. D. USE AND APP . 1. - In a reg . polygon the angles at the centre , opposite to the sides , are all equal , and together make up four rt . angles ; therefore in constructing a polygon ...
... polygon . . A circle may be described , & c . Q. E. D. USE AND APP . 1. - In a reg . polygon the angles at the centre , opposite to the sides , are all equal , and together make up four rt . angles ; therefore in constructing a polygon ...
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... polygon ; as ABCDE , is equal to the product of the perimeter into half the radius , of the inscribed circle ; OL For area of A OAE = AE X OL ; and there are as many trian- gles identical with AOAE as there are sides of the polygon ...
... polygon ; as ABCDE , is equal to the product of the perimeter into half the radius , of the inscribed circle ; OL For area of A OAE = AE X OL ; and there are as many trian- gles identical with AOAE as there are sides of the polygon ...
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... polygons of 16 , 32 , 64 , & c . , sides . PROP . 7. - PROB . To circumscribe a square about a given circle . CON . 1 , III . 11 , I. Pst . 1. 17 , III . DEM . 18 , III . Def . 15-17 , I. Def . 30. Def . 4 , IV . - 28 , I. If a st ...
... polygons of 16 , 32 , 64 , & c . , sides . PROP . 7. - PROB . To circumscribe a square about a given circle . CON . 1 , III . 11 , I. Pst . 1. 17 , III . DEM . 18 , III . Def . 15-17 , I. Def . 30. Def . 4 , IV . - 28 , I. If a st ...
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Page 81 - IF from any point without a circle two straight lines be drawn, one of which cuts the circle, and the other touches it ; the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle, and the part of it without the circle, shall be equal to the square of the line which touches it.
Page 85 - IF from a point without a circle there be drawn two straight lines, one of which cuts the circle, and the other meets it ; if the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle, and the part of it without the circle be equal to the square of the line which meets it, the line which meets shall touch the circle.
Page 310 - 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 11 - If a straight line drawn through the centre of a circle bisect a straight line in it which does not pass through the centre, it shall cut it at right angles : and if it cut it at right angles, it shall bisect it.
Page 33 - The diameter is the greatest straight line in a circle; and of all others, that which is nearer to the centre is always greater than one more remote; and the greater is nearer to the centre than the less. Let ABCD be a circle, of which...
Page 156 - XIII. Permutando, or alternando, by permutation, or alternately; this word is used when there are four proportionals, and it is inferred, that the first has the same ratio to the third, which the second has to the ,fourth; or that the first is to the third, as the second to the fourth; as is shown in the 16th prop.
Page 219 - If there be any number of magnitudes, and as many others, which, taken two and two in order, have the same ratio ; the first shall have to the last of the first magnitudes, the same ratio which the first of the others has to the last. NB This is usually cited by the words "ex sequali,
Page 216 - IF there be any number of magnitudes, and as many others, which, taken two and two, in a cross order, have the same ratio; the first shall have to the last of the first magnitudes the same ratio which the first of the others has to the last. NB This is usually cited by the words