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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... manner well suited to the younger class of learners , and to such an extent , and with such illustrations , as renders it a valuable introduction to the more extended works on Ge- ometry . FEBRUARY 18th , 1830 . JOHN FARRAR . From G. B. ...
... manner well suited to the younger class of learners , and to such an extent , and with such illustrations , as renders it a valuable introduction to the more extended works on Ge- ometry . FEBRUARY 18th , 1830 . JOHN FARRAR . From G. B. ...
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... manner I can prove that the two angles , a and d , are equal to each other . Q. If the lines CD , AB , are perpendicular to each other , what remark can you make in relation to the angles d , b , e , a ? A. That each of these an- gles ...
... manner I can prove that the two angles , a and d , are equal to each other . Q. If the lines CD , AB , are perpendicular to each other , what remark can you make in relation to the angles d , b , e , a ? A. That each of these an- gles ...
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... angles at the vertex . manner , it may be proved , that if the because EFD and And , in the same angles BEF and EFC are equal , MEA and EFC are also equal ; there- fore , in both cases , there are two straight $ 28 GEOMETRY .
... angles at the vertex . manner , it may be proved , that if the because EFD and And , in the same angles BEF and EFC are equal , MEA and EFC are also equal ; there- fore , in both cases , there are two straight $ 28 GEOMETRY .
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... manner by the parallel lines AB , CD : there- fore we have a side and two adjacent angles in the trian- gle MPO , equal to a side and two adjacent angles in the triangle MPI ; consequently these two triangles are equal ; and the side OP ...
... manner by the parallel lines AB , CD : there- fore we have a side and two adjacent angles in the trian- gle MPO , equal to a side and two adjacent angles in the triangle MPI ; consequently these two triangles are equal ; and the side OP ...
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... manner that ac will fall upon AB , and ab upon AC ( for you will still have two sides and the angle which is included by them in the one , equal to two sides and the angle which is included by them in the other ) ; therefore the angle ...
... manner that ac will fall upon AB , and ab upon AC ( for you will still have two sides and the angle which is included by them in the one , equal to two sides and the angle which is included by them in the other ) ; therefore the angle ...
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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.