The definitions, postulates, axioms, and enunciations of the propositions of the first six, and the eleventh and twelfth books of Euclid's Elements of geometry1848 - 42 pages |
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... passes through the centre , is always greater than one more remote and from the same point there can be drawn only ... passes through the centre ; of those which fall upon the concave circumference , the greatest is that which passes ...
... passes through the centre , is always greater than one more remote and from the same point there can be drawn only ... passes through the centre ; of those which fall upon the concave circumference , the greatest is that which passes ...
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... pass through that point of contact . PROP . XII . THEOREM . If two circles touch each other externally in any point , the straight line which joins their centres , shall pass through that point of contact . PROP . XIII . THEOREM . One ...
... pass through that point of contact . PROP . XII . THEOREM . If two circles touch each other externally in any point , the straight line which joins their centres , shall pass through that point of contact . PROP . XIII . THEOREM . One ...
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... pass through the angular points of the figure about which it is described , each through each . III . A rectilineal ... passes through all the angular points of the figure about which it is described . VII . A straight line is said to ...
... pass through the angular points of the figure about which it is described , each through each . III . A rectilineal ... passes through all the angular points of the figure about which it is described . VII . A straight line is said to ...
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... passes through the centre , and is terminated both ways by the superficies of the sphere . XVIII . A cone is a solid figure described by the revolution of a right - angled triangle about one of the sides containing the right angle ...
... passes through the centre , and is terminated both ways by the superficies of the sphere . XVIII . A cone is a solid figure described by the revolution of a right - angled triangle about one of the sides containing the right angle ...
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... of their intersection , it shall also be at right angles to the plane which passes through them , that is , to the plane in which they are . PROP . V. THEOREM . If three straight lines meet DEFINITIONS . 35 PROP . I - IV .
... of their intersection , it shall also be at right angles to the plane which passes through them , that is , to the plane in which they are . PROP . V. THEOREM . If three straight lines meet DEFINITIONS . 35 PROP . I - IV .
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acute angle adjacent angles angle contained angles equal bases and altitudes bisect centre common section compounded of ratios cones and cylinders contained by three cuts the circle diameter equal circles equal straight lines equilateral and equiangular equilateral triangle equimultiples EUCLID'S ELEMENTS Ex æquali exterior angle four magnitudes four straight lines fourth given circle given rectilineal angle given rectilineal figure given straight line given triangle greater ratio homologous sides inscribed line be divided line be drawn lines be proportionals magnitude taken manifest multiple number of magnitudes obtuse angle parallel perpendicular polygons prisms PROBLEM PROP ratio compounded reciprocally proportional rectangle contained remaining ratio segment semicircle sides equal similar triangles similarly described solid angles solid figure contained solid parallelopiped solid polyhedron straight line drawn straight lines cut THEOREM third three plane angles three straight lines tiple triangular bases triangular pyramids Trinity College triplicate ratio unequal whole line XVIII XXIII
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Page 14 - From this it is manifest, that if in a circle a straight line bisect another at right angles, the centre of the circle is in the line which bisects the other.
Page 23 - The first of four magnitudes is said to have the same ratio to the second, which the third has to the fourth, when any equimultiples whatsoever of the first and third being taken, and any equimultiples whatsoever of the second and fourth ; if the multiple of the first be less than that of the second, the multiple of the third is also less than that of the fourth...
Page 11 - 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 13 - angle in a segment' is the angle contained by two straight lines drawn from any point in the circumference of the segment, to the extremities of the straight line which is the base of the segment.
Page 12 - 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 4 - A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference.
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