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... Measurement Method of Limits Measurement of Angles Problems in Construction BOOK III . RATIO AND PROPORTION . SIMILAR FIGURES . Definitions Proportional Lines . Similar Polygons 888 78 84 87 BOOK IV . AREAS OF POLYGONS . Definitions ...
... Measurement Method of Limits Measurement of Angles Problems in Construction BOOK III . RATIO AND PROPORTION . SIMILAR FIGURES . Definitions Proportional Lines . Similar Polygons 888 78 84 87 BOOK IV . AREAS OF POLYGONS . Definitions ...
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... measurement , and of their properties . Plane Geometry treats of plane figures . Solid Geometry , sometimes called Geometry of Space and Geometry of Three Dimensions , treats of solids , of curved sur- faces , and of all figures that ...
... measurement , and of their properties . Plane Geometry treats of plane figures . Solid Geometry , sometimes called Geometry of Space and Geometry of Three Dimensions , treats of solids , of curved sur- faces , and of all figures that ...
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... measurement . The usual unit of measurement is the Degree , or the ninetieth part of a right angle . To express fractional parts of the unit , the degree is divided into sixty equal parts , called Minutes , and the minute into sixty ...
... measurement . The usual unit of measurement is the Degree , or the ninetieth part of a right angle . To express fractional parts of the unit , the degree is divided into sixty equal parts , called Minutes , and the minute into sixty ...
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... If tangents are drawn to a circumference at the extremities of any pair of diameters , the figure thus formed is a rhombus . SUGGESTION . See 151 , Ex . 2 . ON MEASUREMENT . 161. Ratio is the relation with respect § 160. ] 55 THE CIRCLE .
... If tangents are drawn to a circumference at the extremities of any pair of diameters , the figure thus formed is a rhombus . SUGGESTION . See 151 , Ex . 2 . ON MEASUREMENT . 161. Ratio is the relation with respect § 160. ] 55 THE CIRCLE .
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... This ratio cannot be exactly expressed in figures ; but its numerical value can be obtained approxi- mately as near as we please , Thus , suppose G and H are two lines whose 56 [ BK . II . PLANE GEOMETRY . Definitions On Measurement.
... This ratio cannot be exactly expressed in figures ; but its numerical value can be obtained approxi- mately as near as we please , Thus , suppose G and H are two lines whose 56 [ BK . II . PLANE GEOMETRY . Definitions On Measurement.
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ABCD AC² acute angle AD² adjacent adjacent angles altitude angle formed angles are equal apothem arc BC base and altitude bisect bisector called centre chord circumference circumscribed cone cylinder diagonals diameter diedral angles distance divided draw drawn ECDH equally distant equilateral equivalent EXERCISES faces four right angles frustum given point given straight line hence homologous homologous sides hypotenuse inscribed polygon interior angles intersection isosceles triangle join lateral area lateral edges Let ABC lune mean proportional measured by one-half middle point number of sides parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpendicular polyedral angle polyedron PROPOSITION XI prove pyramid Q.E.D. PROPOSITION quadrilateral radii radius ratio rectangle rectangular parallelopiped regular polygon right triangle SCHOLIUM segments semiperimeter sphere spherical angle spherical polygon spherical triangle surface tangent THEOREM triangle ABC triangles are equal triangular triangular prism V-ABC vertex vertical angle
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Page 46 - PERIPHERY of a circle is its entire bounding line ; or it is a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 105 - ... any two parallelograms are to each other as the products of their bases by their altitudes. PROPOSITION V. THEOREM. 403. The area of a triangle is equal to half the product of its base by its altitude.
Page 82 - If any number of quantities are proportional, any antecedent is to its consequent as the sum of all the antecedents is to the sum of all the consequents. Let a : b = c : d = e :f Now ab = ab (1) and by Theorem I.
Page 192 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a surface all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 108 - Two triangles having 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.
Page 146 - A STRAIGHT line is perpendicular to a plane, when it is perpendicular to every straight line which it meets in that plane.
Page 30 - In an isosceles triangle, the angles opposite the equal sides are equal.
Page 80 - In any proportion the terms are in proportion by Composition ; that is, the sum of the first two terms is to the first term as the sum of the last two terms is to the third term.
Page 79 - If the product of two quantities is equal to the product of two others, one pair may be made the extremes, and the other pair the means, of a proportion. Let ad = ос.
Page 148 - Equal oblique lines from a point to a plane meet the plane at equal distances from the foot of the perpendicular ; and of two unequal oblique lines the greater meets the plane at the greater distance from the foot of the perpendicular.