An Elementary Treatise on Geometry: Simplified for Beginners Not Versed in Algebra. Part I, Containing Plane Geometry, with Its Application to the Solution of Problems, Part 1 |
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... bisected in O , and , from that point O , a perpendicular OP is let fall upon the line AB , and afterwards extended until , in the point R , it strikes the line CD . A. I should first observe that the triangles OPF and ORI are equal ...
... bisected in O , and , from that point O , a perpendicular OP is let fall upon the line AB , and afterwards extended until , in the point R , it strikes the line CD . A. I should first observe that the triangles OPF and ORI are equal ...
Page 104
... bisected in the point D. Q. How can you prove this ? A. By drawing the two radii AC , BC , the right - angled triangle ACD has the hypothenuse AC , and the side CD , equal to the hypothenuse BC , and the side CD , in the right - angled ...
... bisected in the point D. Q. How can you prove this ? A. By drawing the two radii AC , BC , the right - angled triangle ACD has the hypothenuse AC , and the side CD , equal to the hypothenuse BC , and the side CD , in the right - angled ...
Page 118
... bisect two adjacent sides of a regular polygon ; for instance , the two sides , AB , BC , of the regular polygon ABCDEF ; and in the points of bisection , erect the two perpendiculars gO , kO , which will necessarily cut each other in a ...
... bisect two adjacent sides of a regular polygon ; for instance , the two sides , AB , BC , of the regular polygon ABCDEF ; and in the points of bisection , erect the two perpendiculars gO , kO , which will necessarily cut each other in a ...
Page 119
... bisected by one of the lines OA , OB , OC . For , in the first place , we have in the two equal triangles BCO , ABO , the angle o equal to the angle z ; therefore the an- gle ABC is bisected ; and the angle o is further equal to the ...
... bisected by one of the lines OA , OB , OC . For , in the first place , we have in the two equal triangles BCO , ABO , the angle o equal to the angle z ; therefore the an- gle ABC is bisected ; and the angle o is further equal to the ...
Page 124
... bisecting again the arcs Am , mB , Bn , & c . , I can inscribe a regular poly- gon of 24 sides , and so on , by continuing to bisect the arcs , a regular polygon of 48 , 96 , 192 , & c . , sides . Q. And what do you observe with regard ...
... bisecting again the arcs Am , mB , Bn , & c . , I can inscribe a regular poly- gon of 24 sides , and so on , by continuing to bisect the arcs , a regular polygon of 48 , 96 , 192 , & c . , sides . Q. And what do you observe with regard ...
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adjacent angles angle ABC angle ACB angle x basis bisected called centre chord circle whose radius circum circumference circumscribed circles consequently degrees DEMON diagonal diameter dividing the product draw the lines equal angles equal sides equal triangles exterior angle feet figure ABCDEF found by multiplying fourth term geometrical proportion given angle given circle given straight line given triangle gles height hypothenuse inches isosceles triangle length let fall line AB line AC line CD line MN mean proportional measures half number of sides parallel lines parallelogram ABCD perpendicular points of division PROBLEM prove quadrilateral radii radius rectangle rectilinear figure regular polygon ABCDEF Remark rhombus right angles right-angled triangle second term Sect semicircle side AB side AC similar triangles smaller SOLUTION subtended tangent third line third term three angles three sides trapezoid triangle ABC triangles are equal Truth vertex
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Page 2 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the tenth day of August, AD 1829, in the fifty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, JP Dabney, of the said district, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit...
Page 78 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, each to each, but the...
Page 2 - CLERK'S OFFIcE. BE it remembered, that on the eleventh day of November, AD 1830, in the fiftyfifth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Gray & Bowen, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit...
Page 136 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Page 121 - The perimeters of two regular polygons of the same number of sides, are to each other as their homologous sides, and their areas are to each other as the squares of those sides (Prop.
Page 137 - The side of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle is equal to the radius of the circle.
Page 127 - The areas of two regular polygons of the same number of sides are to each other as the squares of their radii, or as the squares of their apothems.
Page 154 - A, with a radius equal to the sum of the radii of the given circles, describe a circle.
Page 90 - ... any two triangles are to each other as the products of their bases by their altitudes.
Page 137 - P is at the center of the circle. II. 18. The sum of the arcs subtending the vertical angles made by any two chords that intersect, is the same, as long as the angle of intersection is the same. 19. From a point without a circle two straight lines are drawn cutting the convex and concave circumferences, and also respectively parallel to two radii of the circle. Prove that the difference of the concave and convex arcs intercepted by the cutting lines, is equal to twice the arc intercepted by the radii.