Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry: With Practical ApplicationsR.S. Davis & Company, 1869 - 382 pages |
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... solidity , or solid contents . We assume as the unit of volume , or solidity , the cube , each of whose edges is the linear unit , and each of whose faces is the unit of surface . PROPOSITION XIII . - THEOREM . 474. The solid contents ...
... solidity , or solid contents . We assume as the unit of volume , or solidity , the cube , each of whose edges is the linear unit , and each of whose faces is the unit of surface . PROPOSITION XIII . - THEOREM . 474. The solid contents ...
Page 201
... solidity of a prism ( Prop . XIII . ) ; hence Prism ABC - E : Prism FHI - M :: AB3 : FH3 . PROPOSITION XV . - THEOREM . 477. The convex surface of a right pyramid is equal to the perimeter of its base , multiplied by half the slant ...
... solidity of a prism ( Prop . XIII . ) ; hence Prism ABC - E : Prism FHI - M :: AB3 : FH3 . PROPOSITION XV . - THEOREM . 477. The convex surface of a right pyramid is equal to the perimeter of its base , multiplied by half the slant ...
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... solidity of a triangular pyramid is equal to a third part of the product of its base by its altitude . PROPOSITION XX . - THEOREM . 487. The solidity of every pyramid is equal to the pro- duct of its base by one third of its altitude ...
... solidity of a triangular pyramid is equal to a third part of the product of its base by its altitude . PROPOSITION XX . - THEOREM . 487. The solidity of every pyramid is equal to the pro- duct of its base by one third of its altitude ...
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... solidity of any polyedron may be found by dividing it into pyramids , by passing planes through its vertices . PROPOSITION XXI . - THEOREM . 493. A frustum of a pyramid is equivalent to the sum of three pyramids , having for their ...
... solidity of any polyedron may be found by dividing it into pyramids , by passing planes through its vertices . PROPOSITION XXI . - THEOREM . 493. A frustum of a pyramid is equivalent to the sum of three pyramids , having for their ...
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... solidity of the pyra- mid ABC - S , and DEFX SP that of the pyramid DEF - S ( Prop . XX . ) ; hence two similar pyramids are to each other as the cubes of their homologous edges . PROPOSITION XXIII . - THEOREM . 495. There can be 212 ...
... solidity of the pyra- mid ABC - S , and DEFX SP that of the pyramid DEF - S ( Prop . XX . ) ; hence two similar pyramids are to each other as the cubes of their homologous edges . PROPOSITION XXIII . - THEOREM . 495. There can be 212 ...
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A B C ABCD adjacent angles altitude angle equal angles ACD base bisect centre chord circle circumference circumscribed cone convex surface cosec Cosine Cotang cylinder diagonal diameter distance divided drawn equal Prop equilateral triangle equivalent exterior angle feet formed frustum gles greater GREENLEAF'S half the sum hence homologous hypothenuse inches included angle inscribed isosceles less Let ABC line A B logarithmic sine measured by half multiplied number of sides parallel parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpendicular plane MN polyedron prism PROBLEM PROPOSITION pyramid quadrantal radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angles right-angled triangle rods Scholium secant segment side A B similar slant height solve the triangle sphere spherical polygon spherical triangle Tang tangent triangle ABC triangle equal trigonometric functions TRIGONOMETRY vertex
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Page 37 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 103 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and also one side of the one equal to the corresponding side of the other, the triangles are congruent.
Page 95 - Each side of a spherical triangle is less than the sum of the other two sides.
Page 172 - If two planes are perpendicular to each other, a straight line drawn in one of them, perpendicular to their common section, will be perpendicular to the other plane.
Page 121 - Through a given point to draw a straight line parallel to a given straight line, Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line : it is required to draw through the point A a straight line parallel to BC.
Page 272 - ALSO THE AREA OF THE TRIANGLE FORMED BY THE CHORD OF THE SEGMENT AND THE RADII OF THE SECTOR. THEN...
Page 33 - C' (89) (90) (91) (92) (93) 112. In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 19 - In an isosceles triangle, the angles opposite the equal sides are equal.
Page 94 - In any quadrilateral the sum of the squares of the sides is equivalent to the sum of the squares of the diagonals, plus four times the square of the straight line that joins the middle points of the diagonals.
Page 102 - The areas of two triangles which have an angle of the one equal to an angle of the other are to each other as the products of the sides including the equal angles. A D A' Hyp. In triangles ABC and A'B'C', To prove AABC A A'B'C' A'B' x A'C ' Proof. Draw the altitudes BD and B'D'.