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Page 110
A sector of a circle is the figure comprehended between two right lines drawn
from the centre of the circle and that part of the circumference of the circle which
is between them . II . Similar fegments of circles are those which receive equal ...
A sector of a circle is the figure comprehended between two right lines drawn
from the centre of the circle and that part of the circumference of the circle which
is between them . II . Similar fegments of circles are those which receive equal ...
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drawn thro ' the centre into two equal parts : I say , it will cut the same at right
angles . For [ by 1. 3. ] find the centre of the circle A BC , which let be e , and join
E A , E B. Then because a F is equal to FB , and FE is common , two sides A F ,
EF ...
drawn thro ' the centre into two equal parts : I say , it will cut the same at right
angles . For [ by 1. 3. ] find the centre of the circle A BC , which let be e , and join
E A , E B. Then because a F is equal to FB , and FE is common , two sides A F ,
EF ...
Page 114
Let there be a circle A B C D , and in it let two right lines AC , B D not drawn
through the centre intersect one ano , ther in the point E : I say , these will not cut
one another into two equal parts . For , if possible , let them bisect each other so
that ...
Let there be a circle A B C D , and in it let two right lines AC , B D not drawn
through the centre intersect one ano , ther in the point E : I say , these will not cut
one another into two equal parts . For , if possible , let them bisect each other so
that ...
Page 115
Therefore the point E is not the centre of both the circles A BC , CDG . Which was
to be demonstrated . Therefore if two circles cut one another , they will not both
have the same centre . PROP . VI . THEOR . If two circles touch one another ...
Therefore the point E is not the centre of both the circles A BC , CDG . Which was
to be demonstrated . Therefore if two circles cut one another , they will not both
have the same centre . PROP . VI . THEOR . If two circles touch one another ...
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the angles AED , BED are both right angles ; wherefore since GK bilecis A B , it
will cut the same at right angles ; and because if one right line in H a circle
bisects a right line in it at right angles , the centre of the circle will fall [ by cor . I. 3.
) ...
the angles AED , BED are both right angles ; wherefore since GK bilecis A B , it
will cut the same at right angles ; and because if one right line in H a circle
bisects a right line in it at right angles , the centre of the circle will fall [ by cor . I. 3.
) ...
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Page 247 - 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 30 - 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. either the sides adjacent to the equal...
Page 248 - But it was proved that the angle AGB is equal to the angle at F ; therefore the angle at F is greater than a right angle : But by the hypothesis, it is less than a right angle ; which is absurd.
Page 18 - When a straight line set up on a straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the equal angles is right, and the straight line standing on the other is called a perpendicular to that on which it stands.
Page 32 - Let the straight line EF, which falls upon the two straight lines AB, CD, make the alternate angles AEF, EFD equal to one another; AB is parallel to CD.
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Page 391 - KL: but the cylinder CM is equal to the cylinder EB, and the axis LN to the axis GH; therefore as the cylinder EB to...
Page 110 - If any two points be taken in the circumference of a circle, the straight line which joins them shall fall within the circle.
Page 130 - When you have proved that the three angles of every triangle are equal to two right angles...
Page 183 - FK : in the same manner it may be demonstrated, that FL, FM, FG are each of them equal to FH, or FK : therefore the five straight lines FG, FH, FK, FL, FM are equal to one another : wherefore the circle described from the centre F, at the distance of...
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| Title | Euclid's Elements of Geometry: The First Six, the Eleventh and Twelfth Books |
| Authors | Euclid, Edmund Stone |
| Translated by | Edmund Stone |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Rivington, 1765 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 464 pages |
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