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OLID figures contained by the fame number of e- See · qual and fimilar planes alike fituated, and having none of their folid angles contained by more than three plane angles; are equal and fimilar to one another.

Let AG, KQ be two folid figures contained by the fame number of fimilar and equal planes, alike fituated, viz. let the plane AC be fimilar and equal to the plane KM; the plane AF to KP; BG to LQ; GD to QN; DE to NO; and lastly, FH fimilar and equal to PR: The folid figure AG is equal and fimilar to the folid figure KQ.

Because the folid angle at A is contained by the three plane angles BAD, BAE, EAD, which, by the hypothefis, are equal to the plane angles LKN, LKÓ, OKN, which contain the folid angle at K, each to each; therefore the solid angle at A is equal to the folid angle at K: In the fame manner, a B. 19; the other folid angles of the figures are equal to one another. If then the folid figure AG be applied to the folid figure KQ, firft, the plane figure AC being applied to the plane figure KM; the ftraight line coinciding

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figure KM, because they are equal and fimilar: Therefore the ftraight lines AD, DC, CB coincide with KN, NM, ML, each with each; and the points A, D, C, B with the points K, N, M, L: And the folid angle at A coincides with the folid angle at K; wherefore the plane AF coincides with the plane KP, and the figure AF with the figure KP, because they are equal and fimilar to one another: Therefore the ftraight lines AE, EF, FB coincide with KO, OP, PL; and the points E, F with the points O, P. In the fame manner, the figure AH coincides with the figure KR, and the ftraight line DH with NR, and the point H with the point R: And because the folid angle at B is equal to the folid angle at L, it may be proved, in the fame manner, that the figure BG coincides with

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Book XI. the figure LQ, and the ftraight line CG with MQ, and the' point G with the point Q: Since therefore all the planes and fides of the folid figure AG coincide with the planes and fides of the folid figure KQ, AG is equal and fimilar to KQ: And, in the fame manner, any other folid figures whatever contained by the fame number of equal and fimilar planes, alike fituated, and having none of their folid angles contained by more than three plane angles, may be proved to be equal and fimilar to one another. Q. E. D.

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F a folid be contained by fix planes, two and two of which are parallel; the oppofite planes are fimilar and equal parallelograms.

Let the folid CDGH be contained by the parallel planes AC, GF; BG, CE; FB, AE: Its oppofite planes are fimilar and equal parallelograms.

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Because the two parallel planes, BG, CE are cut by the plane AC, their common fections AB, CD are parallel. Again, because the two parallel planes BF, AE are cut by the plane AC, their common fections AD, BC are parallel: And AB is parallel to CD; therefore AC is a parallelogram. In like manner, it may be proved that each of the figures CE, FG, GB, BF, AE is a parallelogram: Join AH, DF; and becaufe AB is parallel to DC, and BH to CF; the two ftraight lines AB, BH, which meet one another, are parallel to DC and CF which meet one another, and are not in the fame plane with the other two; wherefore they contain equal angles; the angle ABH is therefore equal to the angle DCF: And becaufe AB, BH are equal to DC, CF, and the angle ABH equal to the angle DCF; therefore the bafe AH is equal to the bafe DF, and the triangle ABH to the trid 34. 1. angle DCF: And the parallelogram BG is doubled of the triangle ABH, and the parallelogram CE double of the triangle DCF; therefore the parallelogram BG is equal and fimilar to the parallelogram CE. In the fame manner it may be proved, that the parallelogram AC is equal and fi

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IF a folid parallelepiped be cut by a plane parallel to two see N. of its oppofite planes; it divides the whole into two folids, the bafe of one of which fhall be to the base of the other, as the one folid is to the other.

Let the folid parallelepiped ABCD be cut by the plane EV, which is parallel to the oppofite planes AR, HD, and divides the whole into the two folids ABFV, EGCD; as the base AEFY of the first is to the bafe EHCF of the other, fo is the folid ABFV to the folid EGCD.

Produce AH both ways, and take any number of ftraight lines HM, MN each equal to EH, and any number AK, KL each equal to EA, and complete the parallelograms LO, KY, HQ, MS, and the folids LP, KR, HU, MT: Then, because the ftraight lines LK, KA, AE are all equal, the parallelograms

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LO, KY, AF are equala: And likewife the parallelograms KX, a 36. 1. KB, AGa; as also the parallelograms LZ, KP, AR, because b 24. 11. they are oppofite planes: For the fame reason, the parallelograms EC, HQ, MS are equal; and the parallelograms HG, HI, IN, as alfob HD, MU, NT: Therefore three planes of the folid LP, are equal and fimilar to three planes of the folid KR, as alfo to three planes of the folid AV: But the three planes oppofite to thefe three are equal and fimilar to them in the feveral folids, and none of their folid angles are contained by more than three plane angles: Therefore the three folids LP, KR, AV are equal to one another: for the fame reafon, c C. II. the three folids ED, HU, MT are equal to one another: There

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Book XI. fore what multiple foever the bafe LF is of the base AF, the fame multiple is the folid LV of the folid AV: For the fame reason, whatever multiple the bafe NF is of the bafe HF, the fame multiple is the folid NV of the folid ED: And if the base LF be equal to the base NF, the folid LV is equal to the folid NV; and if the bafe LF be greater than the bafe NF, the folid LV is greater than the folid NV, and if lefs, lefs: Since then there are four magnitudes, viz. the two bases AF, FH,

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and the two folids AV, ED, and of the base AF and folid AV, the bafe LF and folid LV are any equimultiples whatever; and of the bafe FH and folid ED, the bafe FN and folid NV are any equimultiples whatever; and it has been proyed, that if the bafe LF is greater than the bafe FN, the folid LV is greater than the folid NV; and if equal, equal; and if lefs, lefs. ds. def. s. Therefore as the bafe AF is to the bafe FH, fo is the folid AV to the folid ED. Wherefore, if a folid, &c. Q. E. D.

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Ta given point in a given ftraight line, to make a folid angle equal to a given folid angle contained by three plane angles.

Let AB be a given ftraight line, A a given point in it, and Da given folid angie contained by the three plane angles EDC, EDF, FDC: It is required to make at the point A in the ftraight line AB a folid angle equal to the folid angle D.

In the ftraight line DF take any point F, from which draw 11. 11. FG perpendicular to the plane EDC, meeting that plane in G; join DG, and at the point A in the ftraight line AB make the angle BAL equal to the angle EDC, and in the plane BAL make the angle BAK equal to the angle EDG; € 12.11 then make AK equal to DG, and from the point K erect KH

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at right angles to the plane BAL; and make KH equal to GF, and join AH: Then the folid angle at A, which is contain ed by the three plane angles BAL, BAH, HAL, is equal to the folid angle at D contained by the three plane angles EDC, EDF, FDC.

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Take the equal ftraight lines AB, DE, and join HB, KB, FE, GE: And because FG is perpendicular to the plane EDC, it makes right angles with every ftraight line meeting it in d 3. def. 11. that plane: Therefore each of the angles FGD, FGE is a right angle: For the fame reason, HKA, HKB are right angles : And because KA, AB are equal to GD, DE, each to each, and contain equal angles, therefore the bafe BK is equal to the € 4. I. bafe EG: And KH is equal to GF, and HKB, FGE, are right angles, therefore HB is equal to FE: Again, because AK, KH are equal to DG, GF, and contain right angles, the bafe AH is equal to the base DF; and AB is equal to DE; therefore HA, AB are equal to FD, DE, and the base HB is equal to the bafe FE, therefore the angle BAH is equal f to the angle EDF: For the fame reason, the angle HAL is equal to the angle FDC. Because if AL and DC be made equal,

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FC be joined, fince the whole angle BAL is equal to the whole EDC, and the parts of them BAK, EDG are, by the conftruction, equal; therefore the remaining angle KAL is equal to the remaining angle GDC: And because KA, AL are equal to GD, DC, and contain equal angles, the bafe KL is equal to the bafe GC: and KH is equal to GF, fo that LK, KH are equal to CG, GF, and they contain right angles; therefore the base HL is equal to the bafe FC: Again, because HA, AL are equal to FD, DC, and the bafe HL to the base FC, the angle HAL is equal to the angle FDC: Therefore, because the three plane angles BAL,BAH, HAL, which contain the folid angle at A, are equal to the three plane angles EDC, EDF, FDC, which contain the folid angle at D, each to each, and are fituated in the fame order, the folid angle at A is equal to the folid angle at D. Therefore, at a given point in g B. II. a given ftraight line, a folid angle has been made equal to a giyen folid angle contained by three plane angles. Which was to be done.

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