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... line is perpendicular to the other . Thus the angles at B are right an- gles . AD is perpendicular to CB , and CB to AD . If the angles formed by two lines meeting are unequal , the lines are oblique . 4. Two straight lines are parallel ...
... line is perpendicular to the other . Thus the angles at B are right an- gles . AD is perpendicular to CB , and CB to AD . If the angles formed by two lines meeting are unequal , the lines are oblique . 4. Two straight lines are parallel ...
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... oblique lines are drawn from the same point to a given line , the perpendicular is shorter than any oblique line . BH is a perpendicular and BC an oblique line from B to AO . Then , BH is ... oblique lines BA and BC meet BOOK ONE . 23.
... oblique lines are drawn from the same point to a given line , the perpendicular is shorter than any oblique line . BH is a perpendicular and BC an oblique line from B to AO . Then , BH is ... oblique lines BA and BC meet BOOK ONE . 23.
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Evan Wilhelm Evans James Jesse Burns. E B F The oblique lines BA and BC meet the line EF at the points A and C , so that AD CD . Rotate the left side of the figure upon the perpendicu- lar BD as an axis . ED will fall upon DF ( Theo . V ) ...
Evan Wilhelm Evans James Jesse Burns. E B F The oblique lines BA and BC meet the line EF at the points A and C , so that AD CD . Rotate the left side of the figure upon the perpendicu- lar BD as an axis . ED will fall upon DF ( Theo . V ) ...
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... oblique lines from a point to a line , on one side of the perpendicular . Can this be ? EXERCISES . 1. If the side of a square is BOOK ONE . 43.
... oblique lines from a point to a line , on one side of the perpendicular . Can this be ? EXERCISES . 1. If the side of a square is BOOK ONE . 43.
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... line that can be drawn to a straight line from a point without it . B E- S not greater ( Theo . XVI ) ? nor greater than AC , what Let AB be a perpendicular to the line ES , and AC any oblique line . AB and AC with the segment BC will ...
... line that can be drawn to a straight line from a point without it . B E- S not greater ( Theo . XVI ) ? nor greater than AC , what Let AB be a perpendicular to the line ES , and AC any oblique line . AB and AC with the segment BC will ...
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Page 64 - If from a point without a circle, a tangent and a secant be drawn, the tangent will be a mean proportional between the secant and its external segment.
Page 31 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 54 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to' be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are designated by the characters °, ', ". Thus 23° 14' 35" is read 23 degrees, 14 minutes, and 35 seconds.
Page 42 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle is equivalent to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 60 - It follows, then, that the area of a circle is equal to half the product of its circumference and its radius.
Page 67 - The areas of two circles are to each other as the squares of their radii. For, if S and S' denote the areas, and R and R
Page 87 - 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.
Page 40 - The area of any parallelogram is equal to the area of a rectangle having the same base and altitude.
Page 86 - A cone is a solid figure described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides containing the right angle, which side remains fixed.
Page 50 - The area of a regular polygon is equal to half the product of its apothem and perimeter.