Euclid's Elements of Geometry: The Six First Books. To which are Added, Elements of Plain and Spherical Trigonometry, a System of Conick Sections, Elements of Natural Philosophy, as Far as it Relates to Astronomy, According to the Newtonian System, and Elements of Astronomy: with Notes |
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... diameters or semidiameters , are unequal , those having the greater diameters or semi - diame- ters , being the greater . Cor . 4. And , of unequal circles , the greater has the greater diameter or semi - diameter ; for if the diameters ...
... diameters or semidiameters , are unequal , those having the greater diameters or semi - diame- ters , being the greater . Cor . 4. And , of unequal circles , the greater has the greater diameter or semi - diameter ; for if the diameters ...
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... diameter HG ; then the rectangles AEC , DEB , being each of them equal to the rectangle HEG ( case 3 of this ) , are equal to each other . H F Otherwise . ( see all the figures to this Prop . ) Join AB , CD ; and , since the triangles ...
... diameter HG ; then the rectangles AEC , DEB , being each of them equal to the rectangle HEG ( case 3 of this ) , are equal to each other . H F Otherwise . ( see all the figures to this Prop . ) Join AB , CD ; and , since the triangles ...
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... diameter of the circle . Draw the diameter of the circle CB , and , if this be equal to D , what was required is done . If not , take from CB , a part CE equal to D ( 3. 1 ) , and from the centre C , at the distance CE , describe the ...
... diameter of the circle . Draw the diameter of the circle CB , and , if this be equal to D , what was required is done . If not , take from CB , a part CE equal to D ( 3. 1 ) , and from the centre C , at the distance CE , describe the ...
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... diameter of the circle , circumscribed about the triangle . About the triangle ABC circumscribe a circle ( 5. 4 ) , and , having drawn its diameter CE , join EB . D The triangles ACD , ECB , having the right angle ADC equal to the angle ...
... diameter of the circle , circumscribed about the triangle . About the triangle ABC circumscribe a circle ( 5. 4 ) , and , having drawn its diameter CE , join EB . D The triangles ACD , ECB , having the right angle ADC equal to the angle ...
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... diameter ( AB ) drawn through one extremity ( B ) of the arch , between that extremity and the perpendicular ( DE ) let fall on the diameter from the other extremity [ D ] . 8. The tangent of an arch ( BD or AGD ) , or of its corres ...
... diameter ( AB ) drawn through one extremity ( B ) of the arch , between that extremity and the perpendicular ( DE ) let fall on the diameter from the other extremity [ D ] . 8. The tangent of an arch ( BD or AGD ) , or of its corres ...
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Page 42 - Therefore all the interior angles of the figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 176 - If two triangles have an angle of one equal to an angle of the other...
Page 118 - To describe an isosceles triangle, having each of the angles at the base double of the third angle.
Page 15 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Page 444 - Absolute, true, and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature, flows equably without relation to anything external, and by another name is called duration: relative, apparent, and common time, is some sensible and external (whether accurate or unequable) measure of duration by the means of motion, which is commonly used instead of true time; such as an hour, a day, a month, a year.
Page 96 - Upon the same straight line, and upon the same side of it, there cannot be two similar segments of circles, not coinciding with one another.
Page 386 - ... figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has be divided into as many triangles as the figure has sides, by drawing straight lines from a point F within the figure to each of its angles.
Page 49 - Equal triangles on the same base, and on the same side of it, are between the same parallels.