The First Six Books: Together with the Eleventh and TwelfthJ. Balfour, 1781 - 520 pages |
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Page 295
... Greek Text ; and the Reasons of the Alte rations which have been made . As alfo Obfervations on some of the Propofitions . By ROBERT SIMSON , M. D. Emeritus Profeffor of Mathematics in the University of Glasgow . EDINBURG H : Printed ...
... Greek Text ; and the Reasons of the Alte rations which have been made . As alfo Obfervations on some of the Propofitions . By ROBERT SIMSON , M. D. Emeritus Profeffor of Mathematics in the University of Glasgow . EDINBURG H : Printed ...
Page 298
... Greek copies , a more diftinct one is given from a property of a plane fuperficies , which is manifeftly fuppofed in the elements , viz . that a straight line drawn from any point in a plane to any other in it , is wholly in that plane ...
... Greek copies , a more diftinct one is given from a property of a plane fuperficies , which is manifeftly fuppofed in the elements , viz . that a straight line drawn from any point in a plane to any other in it , is wholly in that plane ...
Page 300
... Greek text , but is as neceffary as the other : And that the cafe left out has been formerly in the text appears plainly from this , that the fecond part of prop . 5. which is neceffary to the demonftration of this cafe , can be of no ...
... Greek text , but is as neceffary as the other : And that the cafe left out has been formerly in the text appears plainly from this , that the fecond part of prop . 5. which is neceffary to the demonftration of this cafe , can be of no ...
Page 307
... demonstrations of these cases . PROP . XIV . B. II . In the demonftration of this , fome Greek editor has ig- norantly inferted the words , " but if not , one of the two BE , U 2 " ED Book II . Book III . " ED is the NOTES . 307.
... demonstrations of these cases . PROP . XIV . B. II . In the demonftration of this , fome Greek editor has ig- norantly inferted the words , " but if not , one of the two BE , U 2 " ED Book II . Book III . " ED is the NOTES . 307.
Page 308
... Greek text would not have fuited with this figure fo well , because the centres of the circles must have been placed near to the cir- cumferences : On which account another construction and de- monftration is given , which is the fame ...
... Greek text would not have fuited with this figure fo well , because the centres of the circles must have been placed near to the cir- cumferences : On which account another construction and de- monftration is given , which is the fame ...
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alfo alſo angle ABC angle BAC bafe baſe BC is equal BC is given becauſe the angle becauſe the ratio bifected Book XI cafe centre circle ABCD circumference cone confequently cylinder defcribed demonftrated drawn EFGH equal angles equiangular equimultiples Euclid excefs faid fame manner fame multiple fame ratio fame reafon fecond fegment fide BC fides fimilar firft firſt folid angle fome fore fphere fquare of AC ftraight line AB ftraight line BC given angle given ftraight line given in fpecies given in magnitude given in pofition given magnitude given ratio gnomon greater join lefs likewife oppofite parallel parallelepipeds parallelogram perpendicular plane angles prifms PROP propofition pyramid ratio of BC rectangle contained rectilineal figure right angles ſquare thefe THEOR theſe triangle ABC wherefore
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Page 472 - 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.
Page 170 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Page 81 - THE straight line drawn at right angles to the diameter of a circle, from the extremity of...
Page 105 - DEF are likewise equal (13. i.) to two right angles ; therefore the angles AKB, AMB are equal to the angles DEG, DEF, of which AKB is equal to DEG ; wherefore the remaining angle AMB is equal to the remaining angle DEF.
Page 167 - AC the same multiple of AD, that AB is of the part which is to be cut off from it : join BC, and draw DE parallel to it : then AE is the part required to be cut off.
Page 10 - 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 62 - AB be the given straight line ; it is required to divide it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part.
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