Euclid Revised: Containing the Essentials of the Elements of Plane Geometry as Given by Euclid in His First Six Books, with Numerous Additional Propositions and Exercises |
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... placed in a separate line : indeed throughout the book there will be observed a studious avoidance of crowding . Geometry arranged on the plan of ' herrings in a barrel ' is repulsive and confusing . In drawing the diagrams the Editor ...
... placed in a separate line : indeed throughout the book there will be observed a studious avoidance of crowding . Geometry arranged on the plan of ' herrings in a barrel ' is repulsive and confusing . In drawing the diagrams the Editor ...
Page 2
... placed at the common point : thus in fig . ( 1 ) the angle is denoted by A. ^ Otherwise , as in fig . ( 2 ) , there is an ambiguity in writing A , for there is more than one angle formed at A ; and therefore three letters are used , A ...
... placed at the common point : thus in fig . ( 1 ) the angle is denoted by A. ^ Otherwise , as in fig . ( 2 ) , there is an ambiguity in writing A , for there is more than one angle formed at A ; and therefore three letters are used , A ...
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... placed . Now by means of another bar QC , of any convenient length , pivoted to the A C B P others at Q , and to the board at C , the end Q can be made to move on the circumference of a circle . If C be so placed that CQ is equal to CO ...
... placed . Now by means of another bar QC , of any convenient length , pivoted to the A C B P others at Q , and to the board at C , the end Q can be made to move on the circumference of a circle . If C be so placed that CQ is equal to CO ...
Page 6
... placed before the symbol is equal to the sum total of all that follows it . The symbol does not imply any equality of part to part . Nor is the symbol ever used as the equivalent of the adjective ' equal . ' Thus we write ' make A equal ...
... placed before the symbol is equal to the sum total of all that follows it . The symbol does not imply any equality of part to part . Nor is the symbol ever used as the equivalent of the adjective ' equal . ' Thus we write ' make A equal ...
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... placed on another , so that the two figures , or lines , or angles , entirely coin- cide , they are equal in all respects . And conversely , if two plane figures , or lines , or angles , are equal in all respects , then either one of ...
... placed on another , so that the two figures , or lines , or angles , entirely coin- cide , they are equal in all respects . And conversely , if two plane figures , or lines , or angles , are equal in all respects , then either one of ...
Common terms and phrases
ABCD Addenda altitude base bisector bisects centre of similitude chord circum-circle circumf circumference coincide collinear concyclic corners cross-ratio cyclic quadrilateral diag diagonals diam diameter divided draw drawn equal angles equiang Euclid find the Locus fixed circle fixed line fixed point given circle given line given point harmonic conjugates inscribed intersection inverse Join Let ABC magnitudes meet mid point mid pt Note-The NOTE-Use opposite sides pair parallel parallelogram pedal triangle perpendicular polygon PROBLEM-To produced Prop Proposition Proposition 13 Ptolemy's Theorem quad radical axis radii radius ratio rect rectangle rectilineal figure respectively right angles segments segt Similarly simr Simson's Line square straight line tang tangents THEOREM THEOREM-If touch triangle ABC variable
Popular passages
Page 251 - 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 29 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz.
Page 150 - If a straight line touch a circle, and from the point of contact a chord be drawn, the angles which this chord makes with the tangent are equal to the angles in the alternate segments.
Page 91 - To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square on the other part.
Page 82 - If there be two straight lines, one of which is 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.
Page 37 - THE straight lines which join the extremities of two equal and parallel straight lines, towards the same parts, are also themselves equal and parallel.
Page 44 - 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 84 - Iff a straight line be divided into any two parts, four times the rectangle contained by the whole line, and one of the parts, together with the square of the other part, is equal to the square of the straight line which is made up of the whole and that part.
Page 22 - Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side.
Page 87 - If a straight line be bisected, and produced to any point ; the rectangle contained by the whole line thus produced, and the part of it produced, together with the square...