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Parallel ftraight lines , are fuch as are in the fame plane , and which , being produced ever so far both ways , do not meet . Book I. POSTULATES . I. ET it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other ...
Parallel ftraight lines , are fuch as are in the fame plane , and which , being produced ever so far both ways , do not meet . Book I. POSTULATES . I. ET it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other ...
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THEOR . a 16 , I. Fa ftraight line falling upon two other straight lines makes the alternate angles equal to one another , these two straight lines fhall be parallel . Let the ftraight line EF , which falls upon the two ftraight lines ...
THEOR . a 16 , I. Fa ftraight line falling upon two other straight lines makes the alternate angles equal to one another , these two straight lines fhall be parallel . Let the ftraight line EF , which falls upon the two ftraight lines ...
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AB is parallel to CD . Again , because the angles BGH , GHD b 27. 1 . are equal to two right angles , and that AGH , BGH are alfo By Hyp . equal to two right angles ; the angles AGH , BGH are equald 13.
AB is parallel to CD . Again , because the angles BGH , GHD b 27. 1 . are equal to two right angles , and that AGH , BGH are alfo By Hyp . equal to two right angles ; the angles AGH , BGH are equald 13.
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STRAIGHT lines which are parallel to the fame straight are parallel to one another . Let AB , CD be each of them parallel to EF ; AB is alfo parallel to CD . Let the ftraight line GHK cut AB , EF , CD ; and because GHK cuts the parallel ...
STRAIGHT lines which are parallel to the fame straight are parallel to one another . Let AB , CD be each of them parallel to EF ; AB is alfo parallel to CD . Let the ftraight line GHK cut AB , EF , CD ; and because GHK cuts the parallel ...
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EAF is drawn through the given point A parallel to the given Book I. ftraight line BC . Which was to be done . PROP . XXXII . THEOR . IF a fide of any triangle be produced , the exterior angle is equal to the two interior and oppofite ...
EAF is drawn through the given point A parallel to the given Book I. ftraight line BC . Which was to be done . PROP . XXXII . THEOR . IF a fide of any triangle be produced , the exterior angle is equal to the two interior and oppofite ...
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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.
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