Syllabus of Propositions in Geometry: Intended for Use in Preparing Students for Harvard College and the Lawrence Scientific School |
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If two triangles have an angle of one equal to an angle of the other and the sides including these angles proportional , the triangles are similar . THEOREM IV . If two triangles have their sides respectively proportional ...
If two triangles have an angle of one equal to an angle of the other and the sides including these angles proportional , the triangles are similar . THEOREM IV . If two triangles have their sides respectively proportional ...
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| Title | Syllabus of Propositions in Geometry: Intended for Use in Preparing Students for Harvard College and the Lawrence Scientific School |
| Author | Harvard University |
| Publisher | Harvard University, 1899 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2005 |
| Length | 31 pages |
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