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... called points : a point , there- fore , has neither length , breadth , nor thickness , but position only . 3. A straight line is the shortest distance from one point to another . 4. Every line which is not straight , or composed of ...
... called points : a point , there- fore , has neither length , breadth , nor thickness , but position only . 3. A straight line is the shortest distance from one point to another . 4. Every line which is not straight , or composed of ...
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... called a rectilineal figure , or polygon , and the lines themselves , taken together , form the contour , or perimeter of the polygon . B A D A -B 14. The polygon of three sides , the simplest of all , is called a triangle ; that of ...
... called a rectilineal figure , or polygon , and the lines themselves , taken together , form the contour , or perimeter of the polygon . B A D A -B 14. The polygon of three sides , the simplest of all , is called a triangle ; that of ...
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... called the hypothenuse . Thus , in the triangle ABC , right - angled at A , the side BC is the hypothenuse . B 17. Among the quadrilaterals , we distinguish : The square , which has its sides equal , and its an- gles right - angles ...
... called the hypothenuse . Thus , in the triangle ABC , right - angled at A , the side BC is the hypothenuse . B 17. Among the quadrilaterals , we distinguish : The square , which has its sides equal , and its an- gles right - angles ...
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... called plus : it indicates addition . The sign is called minus : it indicates subtraction . Thus , A + B , represents the sum of the quantities A and B ; A - B represents their difference , or what remains after B is taken from A ; and ...
... called plus : it indicates addition . The sign is called minus : it indicates subtraction . Thus , A + B , represents the sum of the quantities A and B ; A - B represents their difference , or what remains after B is taken from A ; and ...
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... called the terms of the proportion . The first and last terms are called the two extremes , and the second and third terms , the two means . 3. Of four proportional quantitics , the first and third are called the antecedents , and the ...
... called the terms of the proportion . The first and last terms are called the two extremes , and the second and third terms , the two means . 3. Of four proportional quantitics , the first and third are called the antecedents , and 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 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 perpendicular let fall plane MN polyedron polygon ABCDE PROBLEM 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 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 18 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
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 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 225 - B) = cos A cos B — sin A sin B, (6a) cos (A — B) = cos A cos B + sin A sin B...
Page 20 - In an isosceles triangle the angles opposite the equal sides are equal.
Page 86 - The areas of two triangles which have an angle of the one equal to an angle of the other are to each other as the products of the sides including the equal angles. A D A' Hyp. In triangles ABC and A'B'C', To prove AABC A A'B'C' A'B' x A'C ' Proof. Draw the altitudes BD and B'D'.
Page 159 - S-o6c be the smaller : and suppose Aa to be the altitude of a prism, which having ABC for its base, is equal to their difference. Divide the altitude AT into equal parts Ax, xy, yz, &c. each less than Aa, and let k be one of those parts ; through the points of division...
Page 168 - CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB E.