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... scholium consists of remarks upon the application of theorems . Axioms of Geometry . 44. Axioms of magnitude in general . AXIOM 1. Magnitudes which are each equal to the same magnitude are equal to each other . Symbolic expression of ...
... scholium consists of remarks upon the application of theorems . Axioms of Geometry . 44. Axioms of magnitude in general . AXIOM 1. Magnitudes which are each equal to the same magnitude are equal to each other . Symbolic expression of ...
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... Scholium . 113. The preceding theorems of the identity of triangles are also expressed by saying that when certain parts of a The triangle are given , the other parts are determined 48 BOOK II . RECTILINEAL FIGURES .
... Scholium . 113. The preceding theorems of the identity of triangles are also expressed by saying that when certain parts of a The triangle are given , the other parts are determined 48 BOOK II . RECTILINEAL FIGURES .
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... Scholium . This proposition may also be proved by drop- ping perpendiculars , as in Theorem XXIX . THEOREM XXXI . 132. If three or more parallels are crossed by two transversals and intercept equal lengths on one , then- I. The ...
... Scholium . This proposition may also be proved by drop- ping perpendiculars , as in Theorem XXIX . THEOREM XXXI . 132. If three or more parallels are crossed by two transversals and intercept equal lengths on one , then- I. The ...
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... Scholium 1. A more simple but less general demonstration may be given by drawing diagonals between any equal angles . 140. Scholium 2. We have shown that a triangle is com- pletely determined when its three sides are given . From the ...
... Scholium 1. A more simple but less general demonstration may be given by drawing diagonals between any equal angles . 140. Scholium 2. We have shown that a triangle is com- pletely determined when its three sides are given . From the ...
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... Scholium . If any of the interior angles of the polygon should be reflex , so that exterior angles fall within the polygon , such exterior angles must be regarded as alge- braically negative in forming the sum ( § 141 ) . THEOREM XXXVII ...
... Scholium . If any of the interior angles of the polygon should be reflex , so that exterior angles fall within the polygon , such exterior angles must be regarded as alge- braically negative in forming the sum ( § 141 ) . THEOREM XXXVII ...
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ABCD adjacent angles altitude angle AOB angle arc base bisect centre chord circle circumscribed coincide Conclusion cone conical surface construction corresponding curve diagonals diameter dicular dihedral angle distance divided draw edge angle ellipse equal angles equally distant exterior angle face angles figure foci frustrum geometry given greater Hence hyperbola Hypothesis identically equal indefinitely inscribed isosceles Join length line of intersection locus magnitude meet middle point number of sides opposite angles opposite sides parabola parallel planes parallelogram parallelopiped pass perpen plane MN point of intersection polyhedral angle polyhedron prism Proof pyramid Q.E.D. Corollary Q.E.D. THEOREM quadrilateral radii radius ratio rect rectangle reflex angle regular polygon right angles Scholium segments slant height solid sphere spherical triangle square straight angle straight line surface tangent trapezoid triangles are identically vertex vertices
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Page 146 - In an obtuse-angled triangle the square on the side opposite the obtuse angle is greater than the sum of the squares on the other two sides by twice the rectangle contained by either side and the projection on it of the other side.
Page 184 - 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 44 - Every point in the bisector of an angle is equally distant from the sides of the angle...
Page 149 - 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 45 - If two triangles have two sides, and the included angle of the one equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, each to each, the two triangles are equal in all respects.
Page 103 - A rectilineal figure is said to be described about a circle, when each side of the circumscribed figure touches the circumference of the circle. V. In like manner, a circle is said to be inscribed...
Page 235 - ten decimals are sufficient to give the circumference of the earth to the fraction of an inch, and thirty decimals would give the circumference of the whole visible universe to a quantity imperceptible with the most powerful microscope.
Page 90 - The sum of the three straight lines drawn from any point within a triangle to the three vertices, is less than the sum and greater than the half sum of the three sides of the triangle (I . 33, 66).
Page 168 - Four quantities are in proportion when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth.
Page 196 - If four straight lines be proportionals, the rectangle contained by the extremes is equal to the rectangle contained by the means.