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... radius of the circle . 33. An arc of a circle is any part of the circumference . 34. A straight line drawn from one point in the circumference to another , is called the chord of either of the arcs , into which it divides the ...
... radius of the circle . 33. An arc of a circle is any part of the circumference . 34. A straight line drawn from one point in the circumference to another , is called the chord of either of the arcs , into which it divides the ...
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... radius be taken equal to AD or AE , A must be joined with the remote point of intersection , as A and the other will ... radius greater than the half of AB ; and then , by describing arcs intersecting them , with an equal radius , from B ...
... radius be taken equal to AD or AE , A must be joined with the remote point of intersection , as A and the other will ... radius greater than the half of AB ; and then , by describing arcs intersecting them , with an equal radius , from B ...
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... radius greater than DC , and to join their point of intersection with C. The proof follows from the construction and the eighth proposition . It will be a check on the manual operation , if intersections be made on both sides of AB , as ...
... radius greater than DC , and to join their point of intersection with C. The proof follows from the construction and the eighth proposition . It will be a check on the manual operation , if intersections be made on both sides of AB , as ...
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... radius , describe an arc cutting the perpendicular in C : the square of BC will be equal to the difference of the given squares . D B C B C B A Cor . 4. If a perpendicular AD be drawn from one of the angles of the triangle ABC , cutting ...
... radius , describe an arc cutting the perpendicular in C : the square of BC will be equal to the difference of the given squares . D B C B C B A Cor . 4. If a perpendicular AD be drawn from one of the angles of the triangle ABC , cutting ...
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... radius greater than half their dis- tance , describe arcs intersecting each other in D and E ; also from B and C as centres , with any radius greater than half their distance , describe arcs intersecting in F and G : through E and D ...
... radius greater than half their dis- tance , describe arcs intersecting each other in D and E ; also from B and C as centres , with any radius greater than half their distance , describe arcs intersecting in F and G : through E and D ...
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Page 94 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz.
Page 53 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the squares of the whole line and of one of the parts are equal to twice the rectangle contained by the whole and that part, together with the square of the other part. Let the straight line AB be divided into any two parts at the point C : the squares of AB, BC shall be equal to twice the rectangle AB, BC, together with the square of AC.
Page 143 - 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 4 - A rhombus is that which has all its sides equal, but its angles are not right angles.
Page 57 - To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts may be equal to the square on the other part.
Page 138 - IF a straight line be drawn parallel to one of the sides of a triangle, it shall cut the other sides, or those produced, proportionally; and if the sides, or the sides produced, be cut proportionally, the straight line which joins the points of section shall be parallel to the remaining side of the triangle...
Page 43 - In any right-angled triangle, the square which is described upon the side subtending the right angle, is equal to the squares described upon the sides which contain the right angle.
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 40 - To a given straight line to apply a parallelogram, which shall be equal to a given triangle, and have one of its angles equal to a given rectilineal angle.
Page 36 - PARALLELOGRAMS upon the same base, and between the same parallels, are equal to one another...