The Elements of Euclid: The Errors, by which Theon, Or Others, Have Long Ago Vitiated These Books, are Corrected and Some of Euclid's Demonstrations are Restored. Also, to this Second Edition is Added the Book of Euclid's Data. In Like Manner Corrected. viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth |
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... because the two fides CE , ED of the triangle A E D CED are greater than CD , add DB to each of thefe ; therefore the fides CE , EB are greater than CD , DB . but it has been fhewn that BA , AC , are greater B than BE , EC ; much more ...
... because the two fides CE , ED of the triangle A E D CED are greater than CD , add DB to each of thefe ; therefore the fides CE , EB are greater than CD , DB . but it has been fhewn that BA , AC , are greater B than BE , EC ; much more ...
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... because then the base BC would be a equal to EF . but it A is not ; therefore the angle BAC is not e- qual to the angle EDF . neither is it lefs ; because then the bafe BC would be less D b . 24. 1 . b than the bafe EF ; but it is not ...
... because then the base BC would be a equal to EF . but it A is not ; therefore the angle BAC is not e- qual to the angle EDF . neither is it lefs ; because then the bafe BC would be less D b . 24. 1 . b than the bafe EF ; but it is not ...
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... because AC is parallel to BD , and BC meets them , the alternate angles ACB , CBD are equal to one another ... because the angle ABC is equal to the angle BCD , and the angle CBD to the angle ACB ; the whole angle ABD is equal to the ...
... because AC is parallel to BD , and BC meets them , the alternate angles ACB , CBD are equal to one another ... because the angle ABC is equal to the angle BCD , and the angle CBD to the angle ACB ; the whole angle ABD is equal to the ...
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... because the diameter AB bifects it ; and the w triangle DBC is the half of the parallelogram DBCF , because the c . 34 , 1. diameter DC bifects it . but the halves of equal things are equal & ; d . 7. Ax . therefore the triangle ABC is ...
... because the diameter AB bifects it ; and the w triangle DBC is the half of the parallelogram DBCF , because the c . 34 , 1. diameter DC bifects it . but the halves of equal things are equal & ; d . 7. Ax . therefore the triangle ABC is ...
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... because at the point H in the straight line GH , the two straight lines KH , HM upon the oppofite fides of it make the adjacent angles equal to two right angles , KH is in the fame ftraight line with HM . and because the straight line ...
... because at the point H in the straight line GH , the two straight lines KH , HM upon the oppofite fides of it make the adjacent angles equal to two right angles , KH is in the fame ftraight line with HM . and because the straight line ...
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Page 5 - Let it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point.
Page 163 - 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 48 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the squares of the whole line, and of one of the parts, are equal to twice the rectangle contained by the whole and that part, together with the square of the other part. Let the straight line AB be divided into any two parts in the point C; the squares of AB, BC are equal to twice the rectangle AB, BC, together with the square of AC.
Page 73 - The straight line drawn at right angles to the diameter of a circle, from the extremity of it, falls without the circle; and no straight line can be drawn from the extremity between that straight line and the circumference, so as not to cut the circle...
Page 105 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz. either the sides adjacent to the equal...
Page 3 - 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 167 - Similar triangles are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides.
Page 54 - 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.
Page 47 - 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 37 - To describe a parallelogram that shall be equal to a given triangle, and have one of its angles equal to a given rectilineal angle.