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... curves , derived from geometrical meth- ods , forms an excellent preparation for the Algebraical and more general processes of Analytical Geometry .品 1 D General Principles Ratio and Proportion CONTENTS . PLANE GEOMETRY . vi PREFACE .
... curves , derived from geometrical meth- ods , forms an excellent preparation for the Algebraical and more general processes of Analytical Geometry .品 1 D General Principles Ratio and Proportion CONTENTS . PLANE GEOMETRY . vi PREFACE .
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... curves , derived from geometrical meth- ods , forms an excellent preparation for the Algebraical and more general processes of Analytical Geometry .品 1 D General Principles Ratio and Proportion CONTENTS . PLANE GEOMETRY . vi PREFACE .
... curves , derived from geometrical meth- ods , forms an excellent preparation for the Algebraical and more general processes of Analytical Geometry .品 1 D General Principles Ratio and Proportion CONTENTS . PLANE GEOMETRY . vi PREFACE .
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... curve line ACB must coincide exactly with the curve line ADB . For , if any part of the curve ACB were to fall either within or without the curve ADB , there would be points in one or the other unequally distant from the center which is ...
... curve line ACB must coincide exactly with the curve line ADB . For , if any part of the curve ACB were to fall either within or without the curve ADB , there would be points in one or the other unequally distant from the center which is ...
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... curve line AIDB will coincide entirely with the curve line EMHF ( Prop . I. ) . But the arc AID is , by hypothesis , equal to the arc EMH ; hence the point D will fall on the point H , and therefore the chord AD is equal to the chord EH ...
... curve line AIDB will coincide entirely with the curve line EMHF ( Prop . I. ) . But the arc AID is , by hypothesis , equal to the arc EMH ; hence the point D will fall on the point H , and therefore the chord AD is equal to the chord EH ...
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... curve ABD which bounds the sec- tion . The oblique lines CA , CB , CD are equal , because they are radii of the B sphere ; therefore they are equally distant from the perpen dicular CE ( Prop . V. , Cor . , B. VII . ) . Hence all the ...
... curve ABD which bounds the sec- tion . The oblique lines CA , CB , CD are equal , because they are radii of the B sphere ; therefore they are equally distant from the perpen dicular CE ( Prop . V. , Cor . , B. VII . ) . Hence all the ...
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ABCD AC is equal allel altitude angle ABC angle ACB angle BAC base BCDEF bisected chord circle circumference cone convex surface curve described diameter dicular draw drawn ellipse equal angles equal to AC equally distant equiangular equivalent exterior angle foci four right angles frustum given angle greater Hence Prop hyperbola inscribed intersection join latus rectum less Let ABC lines AC major axis mean proportional measured by half meet number of sides ordinate parabola parallelogram parallelopiped pendicular perimeter perpen perpendicular plane MN principal vertex prism PROPOSITION pyramid radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angles Prop Scholium segment side BC similar similar triangles solid angle sphere spherical triangle square subtangent tangent THEOREM triangle ABC triangle DEF vertex vertices VIII
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Page 17 - If two triangles have two sides and the included angle of the one, equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, each to each, the two triangles will be equal.
Page 60 - Any two rectangles are to each other as the products of their bases by their altitudes.
Page 63 - IF a straight line be divided into any two parts, the square of the whole line is equal to the squares of the two parts, together with twice the' rectangle contained by the parts.
Page 18 - BC common to the two triangles, which is adjacent to their equal angles ; therefore their other sides shall be equal, each to each, and the third angle of the one to the third angle of the other, (26.
Page 101 - When you have proved that the three angles of every triangle are equal to two right angles...
Page 10 - 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 37 - Proportional, when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the second to the third.
Page 32 - 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 15 - Wherefore, when a straight line, &c. QED PROP. XIV. THEOR. If, at a point in a straight line, two other straight lines, upon the opposite sides of it, make the adjacent angles together equal to two right angles, these two straight lines shall be in one and the same straight line.
Page 30 - If a side of any triangle be produced, the exterior angle is equal to the two interior and opposite angles; and the three interior angles of every triangle are together equal to two right angles.