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 Spherical Geometry |
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... angle ABC , and the remaining angle ABE is equal ( 3. Ax . ) to the remaining angle ABD , the less to the greater ... exterior angle is greater than either of the interior , and opposite angles . Let ABC be a triangle , and let its side ...
... angle ABC , and the remaining angle ABE is equal ( 3. Ax . ) to the remaining angle ABD , the less to the greater ... exterior angle is greater than either of the interior , and opposite angles . Let ABC be a triangle , and let its side ...
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... angle BAE is equal to the angle ECF ; but the angle ECD is greater than the an- gle ECF ; therefore the angle ECD ... exterior angle of the tri- angle ABC , ACD is greater ( 16. 1. ) than the interior and opposite angle ABC ; to each of ...
... angle BAE is equal to the angle ECF ; but the angle ECD is greater than the an- gle ECF ; therefore the angle ECD ... exterior angle of the tri- angle ABC , ACD is greater ( 16. 1. ) than the interior and opposite angle ABC ; to each of ...
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... angle . Let the two straight lines BD , CD be drawn from B , C , the ends of the side BC of the triangle ABC , to ... exterior angle of a triangle ( 16. 1. ) is greater than the interior and opposite angle , the exte- rior angle BDC of ...
... angle . Let the two straight lines BD , CD be drawn from B , C , the ends of the side BC of the triangle ABC , to ... exterior angle of a triangle ( 16. 1. ) is greater than the interior and opposite angle , the exte- rior angle BDC of ...
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... angle EFD : but EFD is equal to the angle BCA ; therefore also the angle BHA is equal to the angle BCA , that is , the exterior angle BHA of the triangle AHC is equal to its interior and opposite angle BCA , which is impossible ( 16. 1 ...
... angle EFD : but EFD is equal to the angle BCA ; therefore also the angle BHA is equal to the angle BCA , that is , the exterior angle BHA of the triangle AHC is equal to its interior and opposite angle BCA , which is impossible ( 16. 1 ...
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... angle AGH , the angle AGH is equal to the angle GHI ) ; and they are th ... exterior angle equal to the interior and opposite upon the same side ; and ... angles ; two right angles . they do 28 ELEMENTS.
... angle AGH , the angle AGH is equal to the angle GHI ) ; and they are th ... exterior angle equal to the interior and opposite upon the same side ; and ... angles ; two right angles . they do 28 ELEMENTS.
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Page 49 - If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts; the rectangle contained by the unequal parts, together with the square of the line between the points of section, is equal to the square of half the line.
Page 9 - When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it.
Page 27 - 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 17 - The angles which one straight line makes with another upon one side of it, are either two right angles, or are together equal to two right angles. Let the straight line AB make with CD, upon one side of it, the angles CBA, ABD : these shall either be two right angles, or shall together be equal to two right angles. For...
Page 13 - 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 294 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 55 - In every triangle, the square on the side subtending either of the acute angles, is less than the squares on the sides containing that angle, by twice the rectangle contained by either of these sides, and the straight line intercepted between the...
Page 24 - ... sides be equal, each to each; and also the third angle of the one to the third angle of the other. Let ABC, DEF be two triangles which have the angles ABC, BCA equal to the angles DEF, EFD, viz.
Page 125 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Page 78 - 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.