An essay on mechanical geometry, explanatory of a set of models1796 |
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... degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts , called minutes ; each minute into 60 equal parts named feconds , & c . N. B. Sometimes the circumference of a circle is called a ... 180 degrees ( the whole being 360 6 Definitions . Book 1 .
... degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts , called minutes ; each minute into 60 equal parts named feconds , & c . N. B. Sometimes the circumference of a circle is called a ... 180 degrees ( the whole being 360 6 Definitions . Book 1 .
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Benjamin Donne. is equal to 180 degrees ( the whole being 360 ) each angle must contain an arc of the half of 180 degrees , viz . 90 degrees . Hence we fay a Right Angle is equal to 90 degrees ; an Obtufe Angle is greater than 90 degrees ...
Benjamin Donne. is equal to 180 degrees ( the whole being 360 ) each angle must contain an arc of the half of 180 degrees , viz . 90 degrees . Hence we fay a Right Angle is equal to 90 degrees ; an Obtufe Angle is greater than 90 degrees ...
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... 180 degrees . 46. A DEMONSTRATION is the proof of the truth of 14 Axioms , & c . Book I.
... 180 degrees . 46. A DEMONSTRATION is the proof of the truth of 14 Axioms , & c . Book I.
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... degrees in any other circle to the whole circumference of that other circle . Hence it follows , that if the angle ... 180 degrees . 13 E. 1 . or 4 D. 1. * The line DC with the line AB makesC.6 . two angles ACD and BCD . About the point ...
... degrees in any other circle to the whole circumference of that other circle . Hence it follows , that if the angle ... 180 degrees . 13 E. 1 . or 4 D. 1. * The line DC with the line AB makesC.6 . two angles ACD and BCD . About the point ...
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... 180 degrees . Corollary 2. of D. I. For let two lines DC , EC be drawn , C.7 . meeting in the line AB in the point C , and about C as a center with any convenient radius defcribe the femicirle adcb ; then is the arc be the measure of ...
... 180 degrees . Corollary 2. of D. I. For let two lines DC , EC be drawn , C.7 . meeting in the line AB in the point C , and about C as a center with any convenient radius defcribe the femicirle adcb ; then is the arc be the measure of ...
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Page 4 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Page 11 - Magnitudes which coincide with one another, that is, which exactly fill the same space, are equal to one another.
Page 23 - 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. either the sides adjacent to the equal...
Page 24 - If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent.
Page 12 - ... the three angles of a triangle are together equal to two right angles, although it is not known to all.
Page 37 - A right circular cone is often called a cone of revolution, because it can be generated by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its shorter sides.
Page 10 - POSTULATES. 1. LET it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. 2. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. 3. And that a circle may be described from any centre, at any distance from that centre.
Page 65 - Multiply half the circumference by half the diameter, and the product will be the area. Or, divide the product of the whole circumference and diameter -by 4, and the quotient will be the area. 2. Multiply the square of the diameter by .7854, and the product will be the area.
Page 84 - ... reafonable creatures •, for though we all call ourfelves fo, becaufe we are born to it if we pleafe, yet we may truly fay Nature gives us but the...
Page 40 - SIMILAR cones and cylinders have to one another the triplicate ratio of that which the diameters of their bases have...