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... intersect , or cut each other , that which is common to both is called a line ; if two lines intersect , that which is common to both is called a point . General Definitions . 2. A magnitude is anything that can be measured , that is ...
... intersect , or cut each other , that which is common to both is called a line ; if two lines intersect , that which is common to both is called a point . General Definitions . 2. A magnitude is anything that can be measured , that is ...
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... intersect , the opposite angles which they form are equal . P Let PA and QC be two lines that intersect , and suppose PA to re- main fixed whilst QC revolves about their common point , O. If we sup- pose the moving line to start from ...
... intersect , the opposite angles which they form are equal . P Let PA and QC be two lines that intersect , and suppose PA to re- main fixed whilst QC revolves about their common point , O. If we sup- pose the moving line to start from ...
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... intersect is a right angle , the other three are right angles and the two lines are mutually perpendicular to each other . Scho . A right angle is an angle that may be generated by a line OC in revolving through a quarter of a complete ...
... intersect is a right angle , the other three are right angles and the two lines are mutually perpendicular to each other . Scho . A right angle is an angle that may be generated by a line OC in revolving through a quarter of a complete ...
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... intersects or cuts another line . If two lines are cut by the same secant , the angles about the points of intersection , taken in pairs , receive different names according to their relative positions : 1o . Two angles that lie on the ...
... intersects or cuts another line . If two lines are cut by the same secant , the angles about the points of intersection , taken in pairs , receive different names according to their relative positions : 1o . Two angles that lie on the ...
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... . If the angles in question are both acute or both obtuse , they are equal ; if one is acute and the other obtuse , they are comple- mentary . Cor . 3. Two lines will intersect when sufficiently pro- 34 MANUAL OF GEOMETRY .
... . If the angles in question are both acute or both obtuse , they are equal ; if one is acute and the other obtuse , they are comple- mentary . Cor . 3. Two lines will intersect when sufficiently pro- 34 MANUAL OF GEOMETRY .
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ACD and PQR ACDE-K altitude angles are equal apothem base and altitude bisectrix bisects centre chord circle OA circumscribed coincide cone conic surface consequently corresponding Cosine Cotang curve denoted diameter distance divide draw ellipse equal to AC equally distant find the area formula frustum given line given point greater hence hyperbola hypothenuse included angle intersect lateral surface less Let ACD logarithm lower base mantissa multiplied number of sides opposite parabola parallelogram parallelopipedon perimeter perpendicular plane KL prolongation PROPOSITION proved pyramid quadrant radii radius rectangle regular inscribed regular polygon right angles right-angled triangle Scho secant segments similar slant height sphere spherical excess spherical triangle square straight line subtracting Tang tangent THEOREM transverse axis triangle ACD triangles are equal triangular prism triedral angle upper base vertex volume
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Page 72 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 72 - If the product of two quantities is equal to the product of two others, two of them may be made the means, and the other two the extremes of a proportion. Let bc=ad.
Page 19 - A Polygon of three sides is called a triangle ; one of four sides, a quadrilateral; one of five sides, a pentagon; one of six sides, a hexagon; one of seven sides, a heptagon; one of eight sides, an octagon ; one of ten sides, a decagon ; one of twelve sides, a dodecagon, &c.
Page 273 - 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 in all their parts." Axiom 1. "Things which are equal to the same thing, are equal to each other.
Page 108 - 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 1 - O's, points or dots are introduced instead of the 0's through the rest of the line, to catch the eye, and to indicate that from thence the annexed first two figures of the Logarithm in the second column stand in the next lower line. N'.
Page 36 - The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is equal to twice as many right angles as the polygon has sides, less four right angles.
Page 104 - The sum of the squares of two sides of a triangle is equal to twice the square of half the third side increased by twice the square of the median upon that side.
Page 36 - ... therefore the sum of the angles of all the triangles is equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides. But the sum of all the angles...
Page 70 - To express that the ratio of A to B is equal to the ratio of C to D, we write the quantities thus : A : B : : C : D; and read, A is to B as C to D.