Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid : with a Supplement on the Quadrature of the Circle, and the Geometry of Solids : to which are Added Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry |
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... books of EUCLID . There are , however , a few others , which , though less considerable , it is hoped may in some degree facilitate the study of the elements . Such are those made on the definitions in the first Book , and viii PREFACE .
... books of EUCLID . There are , however , a few others , which , though less considerable , it is hoped may in some degree facilitate the study of the elements . Such are those made on the definitions in the first Book , and viii PREFACE .
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... definitions in the first Book , and particularly on that of a straight line . A new axiom is also introduced in the room of the 12th , for the purpose of demonstrating more casily some of the properties of parallel lines . In the third ...
... definitions in the first Book , and particularly on that of a straight line . A new axiom is also introduced in the room of the 12th , for the purpose of demonstrating more casily some of the properties of parallel lines . In the third ...
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... ; and that , as he has not been careful in laying the foundation , he will never be success- ful in raising the superstructure . COLLEGE OF EDINBURGH , Dec. 1 , 1813 . ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY . BOOK I. DEFINITIONS . I. " xvi PREFACE .
... ; and that , as he has not been careful in laying the foundation , he will never be success- ful in raising the superstructure . COLLEGE OF EDINBURGH , Dec. 1 , 1813 . ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY . BOOK I. DEFINITIONS . I. " xvi PREFACE .
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... DEFINITIONS . I. " A Point is that which has position , but not magnitude * . " ( See Notes . ) A line is length without breadth , II . " COROLLARY . The extremities of a line are points ; and the inter- " sections of one line with ...
... DEFINITIONS . I. " A Point is that which has position , but not magnitude * . " ( See Notes . ) A line is length without breadth , II . " COROLLARY . The extremities of a line are points ; and the inter- " sections of one line with ...
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... Definition ) to AB ; and because the point B is the centre of the circle ACE , BC is equal to AB : But it has been proved that CA is equal to AB ; therefore CA , CB are each of them equal to AB ; now things which are equal to the same ...
... Definition ) to AB ; and because the point B is the centre of the circle ACE , BC is equal to AB : But it has been proved that CA is equal to AB ; therefore CA , CB are each of them equal to AB ; now things which are equal to the same ...
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ABC is equal ABCD altitude angle ABC angle ACB angle BAC angle EDF arch AC base BC bisected centre circle ABC circumference cosine cylinder demonstrated diameter draw equal and similar equal angles equiangular equilateral equilateral polygon equimultiples Euclid exterior angle fore four right angles given straight line greater hypotenuse inscribed join less Let ABC Let the straight line BC magnitudes meet opposite angle parallel parallelogram parallelopipeds perpendicular polygon prism PROB proportional proposition Q. E. D. COR Q. E. D. PROP radius ratio rectangle contained rectilineal figure remaining angle segment semicircle shewn side BC sine solid angle solid parallelopipeds spherical angle spherical triangle SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY square straight line AC THEOR third touches the circle triangle ABC wherefore
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Page 56 - If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts; the rectangle contained by the unequal parts, together with the square of the line between the points of section, is equal to the square of half the line.
Page 41 - If a side of any triangle be produced, the exterior angle is equal to the two interior and opposite angles; and the three interior angles of every triangle are together equal to two right angles.
Page 36 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 33 - ANY two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side.
Page 19 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another.
Page 308 - 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 25 - UPON the same base, and on the same side of it, there cannot be two triangles that have their sides which are terminated in one extremity of the base equal to one another, and likewise those which are terminated in the other extremity...
Page 56 - If a straight line be bisected, and produced to any point, the rectangle contained by the whole line thus produced, and the part of it produced, together with the square on half the line bisected, is equal to the square on the straight line which is made up of the half and the part produced.
Page 18 - 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 90 - IF from any point without a circle two straight lines be drawn, one of which cuts the circle, and the other touches it ; the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle, and the part of it without the circle, shall be equal to the square of the line which touches it.