Manual of Geometry and Conic Sections: With Applications to Trigonometry and Mensuration |
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Page 12
... suppose the line to be prolonged through the vertex , the prolongation may be regarded as a second line lying in an opposite direc- tion . Thus , if we suppose QC to start from the position PA and to revolve about O in the direction ...
... suppose the line to be prolonged through the vertex , the prolongation may be regarded as a second line lying in an opposite direc- tion . Thus , if we suppose QC to start from the position PA and to revolve about O in the direction ...
Page 13
... suppose PA to re- main fixed whilst QC revolves about their common point , O. If we sup- pose the moving line to start from the position PA and to revolve in the direction indicated by the arrows till it comes into some other position ...
... suppose PA to re- main fixed whilst QC revolves about their common point , O. If we sup- pose the moving line to start from the position PA and to revolve in the direction indicated by the arrows till it comes into some other position ...
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... suppose the motion to continue until OC falls on OP and OQ on OA , the former will generate the angle COP and the latter will generate the angle QOA , and for the same reason as before these angles are equal . Hence , in every position ...
... suppose the motion to continue until OC falls on OP and OQ on OA , the former will generate the angle COP and the latter will generate the angle QOA , and for the same reason as before these angles are equal . Hence , in every position ...
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... Suppose OC to start from the position OA , and to revolve about O in the indicated A direction . As the angle AOC in- creases , its adjacent angle COP diminishes by an equal amount ; hence , the sum of the two is always the same what ...
... Suppose OC to start from the position OA , and to revolve about O in the indicated A direction . As the angle AOC in- creases , its adjacent angle COP diminishes by an equal amount ; hence , the sum of the two is always the same what ...
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... suppose the plane to revolve . back to its primitive position and draw DR cutting PA at O. The line DR will be perpendicular to PA ; for , if we again suppose the upper part of the plane to revolve about PA till it falls on the lower ...
... suppose the plane to revolve . back to its primitive position and draw DR cutting PA at O. The line DR will be perpendicular to PA ; for , if we again suppose the upper part of the plane to revolve about PA till it falls on the lower ...
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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.