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 Sperical Trigonometry |
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... is that which has all its angles right angles , but has not all its sides equal . 27. A rhombus is that which has all its sides equal , but its angles are not right angles . по 28. A rhomboid is that which has its opposite sides 10 ...
... is that which has all its angles right angles , but has not all its sides equal . 27. A rhombus is that which has all its sides equal , but its angles are not right angles . по 28. A rhomboid is that which has its opposite sides 10 ...
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... opposite sides equal to one another , but all its sides are not equal , nor its angles right angles . 29. All other four sided figures besides these , are called trapeziums . 30. Parallel straight lines are such as are in the same plane ...
... opposite sides equal to one another , but all its sides are not equal , nor its angles right angles . 29. All other four sided figures besides these , are called trapeziums . 30. Parallel straight lines are such as are in the same plane ...
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... opposite . * Let ABC , DEF be two triangles which have the two sides AB , AC equal to the two sides DE , DF , each to each , viz . AB to DE , and AC to DF ; and let the angle BAC be also equal to the angle EDF : then shall A D the base ...
... opposite . * Let ABC , DEF be two triangles which have the two sides AB , AC equal to the two sides DE , DF , each to each , viz . AB to DE , and AC to DF ; and let the angle BAC be also equal to the angle EDF : then shall A D the base ...
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... opposite , shall be equal , each to each . PROP . V. THEOR . The angles at the base of an Isosceles triangle are equal to one another ; and if the equal sides be produced , the angles upon the other side of the base shall be equal . Let ...
... opposite , shall be equal , each to each . PROP . V. THEOR . The angles at the base of an Isosceles triangle are equal to one another ; and if the equal sides be produced , the angles upon the other side of the base shall be equal . Let ...
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... opposite to them , are also equal to one another . Let ABC be a triangle having the angle ABC equal to the angle ACB ; the side AB is also equal to the side AC . For , if AB be not equal to AC , one of them is greater than the other ...
... opposite to them , are also equal to one another . Let ABC be a triangle having the angle ABC equal to the angle ACB ; the side AB is also equal to the side AC . For , if AB be not equal to AC , one of them is greater than the other ...
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Page 95 - 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 68 - THE angles in the same segment of a circle are equal to one another...
Page 23 - 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 74 - The angle in a semicircle is a right angle; the angle in a segment greater than a semicircle is less than a right angle; and the angle in a segment less than a semicircle is greater than a right angle.
Page 78 - 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 9 - UPON the same base, and on the same side of it, there cannot be two triangles that have their sides which are terminated in one extremity of the base equal to one another, and likewise those which are terminated in the other extremity.
Page 75 - If a straight line touch a circle, and from the point of contact a...
Page 18 - AT a given point in a given straight line, to make a rectilineal angle equal to a given rectilineal angle. Let AB be the given straight line, and A...
Page 134 - EQUIANGULAR parallelograms have to one another the ratio which is compounded of the ratios of their sides.
Page 136 - AB is (7. 5.) to AD, as AE to AG ; and DC to CB, as GF to FE; and also CD to DA, as FG to GA ; therefore the sides of the parallelograms ABCD, AEFG about the equal angles are proportionals; and they are therefore similar to one another (1.