The Principles of the Solution of the Senate-house 'riders,' Exemplified by the Solution of Those Proposed in the Earlier Parts of the Examinations of the Years 1848-1851 |
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Page 4 - To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part.
Page 6 - The angle at the centre of a circle is double of the angle at the circumference upon the same base, that is, upon the same part of the circumference.
Page 11 - AB is a diameter, and P any point in the circumference of a circle; AP and BP are joined and produced if necessary ; if from any point C of AB, a perpendicular be drawn to AB meeting AP and .BP in points D and E respectively, and the circumference of the circle in a point F, shew that CD is a third proportional of CE and CF.
Page 9 - IF the angle of a triangle be divided into two equal angles, by a straight line which also cuts the base; the segments of the base shall have the same ratio which the other sides of the triangle have to one another...
Page 4 - 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.
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| Title | The Principles of the Solution of the Senate-house 'riders,' Exemplified by the Solution of Those Proposed in the Earlier Parts of the Examinations of the Years 1848-1851 |
| Author | Francis James Jameson |
| Publisher | Macmillan & Company, 1851 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2005 |
| Length | 116 pages |
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