The First Six Books: Together with the Eleventh and TwelfthJ. Balfour, 1781 - 520 pages |
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Page 68
... Similar fegments of a circle , are thofe in which the an- gles are equal , or which contain equal angles . a 10. 1 . b 11. I. PROP . I. PR , O B. To find the centre of a given circle . Let ABC be the given circle ; it is required to ...
... Similar fegments of a circle , are thofe in which the an- gles are equal , or which contain equal angles . a 10. 1 . b 11. I. PROP . I. PR , O B. To find the centre of a given circle . Let ABC be the given circle ; it is required to ...
Page 176
... SIMILAR polygons may be divided into the same num- ber of fimilar triangles , having the fame ratio to one another that the polygons have ; and the polygons have to one another the duplicate ratio of that which their homologous fides ...
... SIMILAR polygons may be divided into the same num- ber of fimilar triangles , having the fame ratio to one another that the polygons have ; and the polygons have to one another the duplicate ratio of that which their homologous fides ...
Page 182
... similar to one another f ; therefore the parallelogram GE is fimilar to KH . Wherefore the parallelograms , & c . Q. E. D. f 21. 6 . See N. a Cor . 45. I. b То PROP . XXV . PROB . O defcribe a rectilineal figure which fhall be fimilar ...
... similar to one another f ; therefore the parallelogram GE is fimilar to KH . Wherefore the parallelograms , & c . Q. E. D. f 21. 6 . See N. a Cor . 45. I. b То PROP . XXV . PROB . O defcribe a rectilineal figure which fhall be fimilar ...
Page 189
... similar , and fimilarly defcribed figures upon BA , AC . Draw the perpendicular AĎ ; therefore , because in the right angled triangle ABC , AD is drawn from the right angle at A perpendicular to the bafe BC , the triangles ABD , ADC are ...
... similar , and fimilarly defcribed figures upon BA , AC . Draw the perpendicular AĎ ; therefore , because in the right angled triangle ABC , AD is drawn from the right angle at A perpendicular to the bafe BC , the triangles ABD , ADC are ...
Page 197
... Similar folid figures are fuch as have all their folid angles equal , See N. each to each , and which are contained by the fame number of fimilar planes . XII . A pyramid is a folid figure contained by planes that are confti- tuted ...
... Similar folid figures are fuch as have all their folid angles equal , See N. each to each , and which are contained by the fame number of fimilar planes . XII . A pyramid is a folid figure contained by planes that are confti- tuted ...
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Page 472 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, &c.
Page 170 - 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 81 - THE straight line drawn at right angles to the diameter of a circle, from the extremity of...
Page 105 - DEF are likewise equal (13. i.) to two right angles ; therefore the angles AKB, AMB are equal to the angles DEG, DEF, of which AKB is equal to DEG ; wherefore the remaining angle AMB is equal to the remaining angle DEF.
Page 167 - AC the same multiple of AD, that AB is of the part which is to be cut off from it : join BC, and draw DE parallel to it : then AE is the part required to be cut off.
Page 10 - When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it.
Page 62 - AB be the given straight line ; it is required to divide it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part.
Page 112 - To describe an equilateral and equiangular pentagon about a given circle. • Let ABCDE be the given circle; it is required to describe an equilateral and equiangular pentagon about the circle ABCDE. Let the angles of a pentagon, inscribed in the circle...
Page 200 - 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 38 - F, which is the common vertex of the triangles ; that is, together with four right angles. Therefore all the angles of the figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.