The Elements of Euclid: Viz. the First Six Books, with the Eleventh and Twelfth. In which the Corrections of Dr. Simson are Generally Adopted, But the Errors Overlooked by Him are Corrected, and the Obscurities of His and Other Editions Explained. Also Some of Euclid's Demonstrations are Restored, Others Made Shorter and More General, and Several Useful Propositions are Added. Together with Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, and a Treatise on Practical Geometry |
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Page 8
... circle read the circle 12. from the top , for ET . ( margin ) read P.T. 11. from the top , for AE read AF 16. & 43 . from the top , for Proctus read Proclus 299. 17. from the top , for altogether . read all together . 326. 4. from the ...
... circle read the circle 12. from the top , for ET . ( margin ) read P.T. 11. from the top , for AE read AF 16. & 43 . from the top , for Proctus read Proclus 299. 17. from the top , for altogether . read all together . 326. 4. from the ...
Page 11
... circle is a plane figure contained by one line , which is called the cir- cumference , and is fuch that all ftraight ... circle . Definition A. Any ftraight line drawn from the center to the circumference of a circle , is called a Radius ...
... circle is a plane figure contained by one line , which is called the cir- cumference , and is fuch that all ftraight ... circle . Definition A. Any ftraight line drawn from the center to the circumference of a circle , is called a Radius ...
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... circle BCD ; and from the centre B , at the difiance BA , defcribe the circle ACE ; and from the point C , in which the circles cut one bi . 1. Poft . another , draw the ftraight lines b CA , CB to the points A , B ; ABC fhall be an ...
... circle BCD ; and from the centre B , at the difiance BA , defcribe the circle ACE ; and from the point C , in which the circles cut one bi . 1. Poft . another , draw the ftraight lines b CA , CB to the points A , B ; ABC fhall be an ...
Page 15
... circle GKL , DL is equal to DG , and DA , DB , parts of them , are equal ; e 15. Def . therefore the remainder AL is ... circle DEF : And because A is the centre of the circle DEF , AE is equal to AD ; but the ftraight line C is likewife ...
... circle GKL , DL is equal to DG , and DA , DB , parts of them , are equal ; e 15. Def . therefore the remainder AL is ... circle DEF : And because A is the centre of the circle DEF , AE is equal to AD ; but the ftraight line C is likewife ...
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... circle DKL ; it fhall cut FH , for FD is lefs than FH : alfo from the centre G , at the distance GH , describe another circle HKL ; and it shall cut GD , for GH is lefs than GD : and the two circles cut one another , because DF , GH are ...
... circle DKL ; it fhall cut FH , for FD is lefs than FH : alfo from the centre G , at the distance GH , describe another circle HKL ; and it shall cut GD , for GH is lefs than GD : and the two circles cut one another , because DF , GH are ...
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Page 30 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and also one side of the one equal to the corresponding side of the other, the triangles are congruent.
Page 142 - 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 13 - Let it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point.
Page 30 - ... then shall the other sides be equal, each to each; and also the third angle of the one to the third angle of the other. Let ABC, DEF be two triangles which have the angles ABC, BCA equal to the angles DEF, EFD, viz.
Page 72 - The diameter is the greatest straight line in a circle; and of all others, that which is nearer to the centre is always greater than one more remote; and the greater is nearer to the centre than the less. Let ABCD be a circle, of which...
Page 57 - If then the sides of it, BE, ED are equal to one another, it is a square, and what was required is now done: But if they are not equal, produce one of them BE to F, and make EF equal to ED, and bisect BF in G : and from the centre G, at the distance GB, or GF, describe the semicircle...
Page 145 - AC the same multiple of AD, that AB is of the part which is to be cut off from it : join BC, and draw DE parallel to it : then AE is the part required to be cut off.
Page 48 - 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 35 - F, which is the common vertex of the triangles ; that is, together with four right angles. Therefore all the angles of the figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
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.