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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Page 107
... multiple of B by m . " When the number is intended to multiply two or more magnitudes " that follow , it is written thus , m ( A + B ) , which signifies the sum " of A and B taken m times ; m ( A - B ) is m times the excess of A " above ...
... multiple of B by m . " When the number is intended to multiply two or more magnitudes " that follow , it is written thus , m ( A + B ) , which signifies the sum " of A and B taken m times ; m ( A - B ) is m times the excess of A " above ...
Page 108
... multiple of a less , when the great- er is measured by the less , that is , when the greater contains the less a ... multiple of the first is greater than the multiple of the second , equal to it , or less , the multiple of the third is ...
... multiple of a less , when the great- er is measured by the less , that is , when the greater contains the less a ... multiple of the first is greater than the multiple of the second , equal to it , or less , the multiple of the third is ...
Page 109
... multiple of the first is greater than that of the se- cond , but the multiple of the third is not greater than the mul- tiple of the fourth ; then the first is said to have to the second a greater ratio than the third magnitude has to ...
... multiple of the first is greater than that of the se- cond , but the multiple of the third is not greater than the mul- tiple of the fourth ; then the first is said to have to the second a greater ratio than the third magnitude has to ...
Page 111
... multiples , are equal to one another . III . A multiple of a greater magnitude is greater than the same multiple of a less . IV . That magnitude of which a multiple is greater than the same multi- ple of another , is greater than that ...
... multiples , are equal to one another . III . A multiple of a greater magnitude is greater than the same multiple of a less . IV . That magnitude of which a multiple is greater than the same multi- ple of another , is greater than that ...
Page 112
... multiple D + E + F . Therefore , & c . Q. E. D. COR . Hence , if m be any number , mD + mE + mF = m ( D + E + F ) . FormD , mE , and mF are multiples of D , E , and F by m , therefore their sum is also a multiple of D + E + F by m ...
... multiple D + E + F . Therefore , & c . Q. E. D. COR . Hence , if m be any number , mD + mE + mF = m ( D + E + F ) . FormD , mE , and mF are multiples of D , E , and F by m , therefore their sum is also a multiple of D + E + F by m ...
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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.