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... especially in the Fifth and Eleventh Books of the Elements , which this Editor has greatly vitiated ; for instance , by fubftituting a fhorter , but infufficient Demonftration of the 18th Prop . of the 5th Book , in place of the ...
... especially in the Fifth and Eleventh Books of the Elements , which this Editor has greatly vitiated ; for instance , by fubftituting a fhorter , but infufficient Demonftration of the 18th Prop . of the 5th Book , in place of the ...
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5th Book , by which the Doctrine of Compound Ratios is ren dered plain and eafy . Befides , among the Definitions of the 11th Book , there is this , which is the 10th , viz . " Equal " and fimilar folid Figures are thofe which are ...
5th Book , by which the Doctrine of Compound Ratios is ren dered plain and eafy . Befides , among the Definitions of the 11th Book , there is this , which is the 10th , viz . " Equal " and fimilar folid Figures are thofe which are ...
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Mathematical Learning , to remove fuch Blemishes , and re- flore the principal Books of the Elements to their original Ac- curacy , as far as I was able ; efpecially fince thefe Elements are the Foundation of a Science by which the ...
Mathematical Learning , to remove fuch Blemishes , and re- flore the principal Books of the Elements to their original Ac- curacy , as far as I was able ; efpecially fince thefe Elements are the Foundation of a Science by which the ...
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BC is equal to EF ; therefore BC coinciding with EF , BA and Book 1 . AC fhall coincide with ED and DF ; for , if the bafe BC cain- cides with the bafe EF , but the fides BA , CA do not coin- cide with the fides ED , FD , but have a ...
BC is equal to EF ; therefore BC coinciding with EF , BA and Book 1 . AC fhall coincide with ED and DF ; for , if the bafe BC cain- cides with the bafe EF , but the fides BA , CA do not coin- cide with the fides ED , FD , but have a ...
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It is required to draw a straight line perpendicular to AB from the point C. Take any point D upon the other fide of AB , and from the centre C , at the distance CD , defcribe the circle EGF C a Book I. 10. Def . 1 . E H b 3.
It is required to draw a straight line perpendicular to AB from the point C. Take any point D upon the other fide of AB , and from the centre C , at the distance CD , defcribe the circle EGF C a Book I. 10. Def . 1 . E H b 3.
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Page 474 - 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.