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... Hyperbola CONIC SECTIONS . 177 188 . 205 N.B. When reference is made to a Proposition in the same Book , only the number of the Proposition is given ; but when the Proposition is found in a different Book , the number of the Book is ...
... Hyperbola CONIC SECTIONS . 177 188 . 205 N.B. When reference is made to a Proposition in the same Book , only the number of the Proposition is given ; but when the Proposition is found in a different Book , the number of the Book is ...
Page 177
... Hyperbola . PARABOLA . Definitions . 1. A parabola is a plane curve , every point of which is equally distant from a fixed point , and a given straight line . 2. The fixed point is called the focus of the parabola and the given straight ...
... Hyperbola . PARABOLA . Definitions . 1. A parabola is a plane curve , every point of which is equally distant from a fixed point , and a given straight line . 2. The fixed point is called the focus of the parabola and the given straight ...
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... the circle is represented by TAC ' ; hence the area of the ellipse is equal to TACX BC , which is a mean proportional between the two circles described on the axes . HYPERBOLA . Definitions . 1. AN hyperbola is a plane 204 CONIC SECTIONS .
... the circle is represented by TAC ' ; hence the area of the ellipse is equal to TACX BC , which is a mean proportional between the two circles described on the axes . HYPERBOLA . Definitions . 1. AN hyperbola is a plane 204 CONIC SECTIONS .
Page 205
... hyperbola , of which F and F are the foci . If the point D ' moves about F ' in such a manner that D'F - D'F ' is F always equal to DF - DF , the point D ' will describe a sec- ond hyperbola similar to the first . The two curves are ...
... hyperbola , of which F and F are the foci . If the point D ' moves about F ' in such a manner that D'F - D'F ' is F always equal to DF - DF , the point D ' will describe a sec- ond hyperbola similar to the first . The two curves are ...
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... hyperbola at D. From any point G of the curve draw GKG ' parallel to TT ' and cut- ting DI ' produced in K ; then F is GK an ordinate to the di- ameter DD ' . B F T ' EB It is proved , in Prop . XIX . , Cor . 1 , that GK is equal to G ...
... hyperbola at D. From any point G of the curve draw GKG ' parallel to TT ' and cut- ting DI ' produced in K ; then F is GK an ordinate to the di- ameter DD ' . B F T ' EB It is proved , in Prop . XIX . , Cor . 1 , that GK is equal to G ...
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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.