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... included angle of the one , equal to two sides and the included angle of the other , each to each , the two triangles will be equal . Let the side ED be equal to the side BA , the side DF to the side AC , and the an- gle D to the angle ...
... included angle of the one , equal to two sides and the included angle of the other , each to each , the two triangles will be equal . Let the side ED be equal to the side BA , the side DF to the side AC , and the an- gle D to the angle ...
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... included side EF equal to the included side BC , it may be inferred that the remaining three are also respectively equal , namely , the angle D = A , the side ED = BA , and the side DF - AC . Scholium . Two triangles are said to be ...
... included side EF equal to the included side BC , it may be inferred that the remaining three are also respectively equal , namely , the angle D = A , the side ED = BA , and the side DF - AC . Scholium . Two triangles are said to be ...
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... included angles unequal , the third sides will be unequal ; and the greater side will belong to the triangle which has the greater included angle . Let BAC and EDF be two triangles , having the side AB - DE , AC = DF , and the angle A ...
... included angles unequal , the third sides will be unequal ; and the greater side will belong to the triangle which has the greater included angle . Let BAC and EDF be two triangles , having the side AB - DE , AC = DF , and the angle A ...
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... included angle in the one , equal to two sides and the included angle in the other , each to each : hence they are equal ( Prop . V. ) . But the part cannot be equal to the whole ( Ax . 8. ) ; hence , there is no inequality between the ...
... included angle in the one , equal to two sides and the included angle in the other , each to each : hence they are equal ( Prop . V. ) . But the part cannot be equal to the whole ( Ax . 8. ) ; hence , there is no inequality between the ...
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... included between two other parallels AD , BC , are equal ; and the diagonal DB divides the parallelogram into two equal triangles . PROPOSITION XXIX . THEOREM . If the opposite sides of a quadrilateral are equal , each to each , the ...
... included between two other parallels AD , BC , are equal ; and the diagonal DB divides the parallelogram into two equal triangles . PROPOSITION XXIX . THEOREM . If the opposite sides of a quadrilateral are equal , each to each , the ...
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adjacent altitude angle ACB ar.-comp base multiplied bisect Book VII centre chord circ circumference circumscribed common cone consequently convex surface cosine Cotang cylinder diagonal diameter dicular distance divided draw drawn equal angles equally distant equations equivalent feet figure find the area formed four right angles frustum given angle given line greater homologous sides hypothenuse inscribed circle inscribed polygon intersection less Let ABC logarithm measured by half number of sides opposite parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpen perpendicular plane MN polyedron polygon ABCDE PROBLEM proportional PROPOSITION pyramid quadrant quadrilateral quantities radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angled triangle S-ABCDE Scholium secant segment side BC similar sine slant height solid angle solid described sphere spherical polygon spherical triangle square described straight line tang tangent THEOREM triangle ABC triangular prism vertex
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Page 213 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, and each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, and these into thirds, fourths, &c.
Page 19 - 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 233 - It is, indeed, evident, that the negative characteristic will always be one greater than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure.
Page 241 - In every plane triangle, the sum of two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite those sides is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 168 - The radius of a sphere is a straight line drawn from the centre to any point of the surface ; the diameter or axis is a line passing through this centre, and terminated on both sides by the surface.
Page 18 - America, but know that we are alive, that two and two make four, and that the sum of any two sides of a triangle is greater than the third side.
Page 155 - AG, AK. The two solids AG, AQ having the same base AEHD, are to each other as their altitudes AB, AO. In like manner, the two solids AQ, AK having the same base AOLE, are to each other as their altitudes AD, AM. Hence we have the two proportions sol.
Page 16 - 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 will be equal in all their parts." Axiom 1. "Things which are equal to the same thing, are equal to each other.
Page 32 - ... is equal to twice as many right angles as the polygon
Page 287 - How many square feet are there in the convex surface of the frustum of a square pyramid, whose slant height is 10 feet, each side of the lower base 3 feet 4 inches, and each side of the upper base 2 feet 2 inches ? Ans.