The Elements of Euclid; viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. Also the book of Euclid's Data. By R. Simson. To which is added, A treatise on the construction of the trigonometrical canon [by J. Christison] and A concise account of logarithms [by A. Robertson].1834 |
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... parallelogram that shall be equal to the given triangle ABC , and have one of its angles equal to D. * AF G 10. 1 . 23. 1 . * 31. 1 . † Def . 34.1 . † Constr . * 38. 1 . Bisect BC in E , join AE , and at the point E , in the straight ...
... parallelogram that shall be equal to the given triangle ABC , and have one of its angles equal to D. * AF G 10. 1 . 23. 1 . * 31. 1 . † Def . 34.1 . † Constr . * 38. 1 . Bisect BC in E , join AE , and at the point E , in the straight ...
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... parallelogram equal to the triangle C , and having an angle equal to D. Make the parallelogram BEFG equal to the triangle C , and having the angle EBG equal to the angle D , so that BE be in the same straight line with AB ; and pro ...
... parallelogram equal to the triangle C , and having an angle equal to D. Make the parallelogram BEFG equal to the triangle C , and having the angle EBG equal to the angle D , so that BE be in the same straight line with AB ; and pro ...
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... parallelogram equal to ABCD , and having an angle equal to E. Join DB ; and describe * the parallelogram FH equal to the 42. 1 . triangle ADB , and having the angle FKH equal to the angle E ; and to the straight line GH , apply the ...
... parallelogram equal to ABCD , and having an angle equal to E. Join DB ; and describe * the parallelogram FH equal to the 42. 1 . triangle ADB , and having the angle FKH equal to the angle E ; and to the straight line GH , apply the ...
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... parallelogram , which shall have an angle equal to a given rectilineal angle , and shall be equal to a given rectilineal figure ; viz . by applying to the given straight line a parallelogram equal to the first triangle ABD , and having ...
... parallelogram , which shall have an angle equal to a given rectilineal angle , and shall be equal to a given rectilineal figure ; viz . by applying to the given straight line a parallelogram equal to the first triangle ABD , and having ...
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... parallelogram BL is double of the triangle ABD , 41. 1 . because they are upon the same base BD , and between the same parallels BD , AL ; and the square GB is double of the triangle FBC , because these also are upon the same base FB ...
... parallelogram BL is double of the triangle ABD , 41. 1 . because they are upon the same base BD , and between the same parallels BD , AL ; and the square GB is double of the triangle FBC , because these also are upon the same base FB ...
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Page 32 - To a given straight line, to apply a parallelogram which shall be equal to a given triangle, and have one of its angles equal to a given rectilineal angle...
Page 138 - 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 39 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, is equal to the rectangle contained by the two parts, together with the square of the aforesaid part.
Page 22 - If a straight line fall upon two parallel straight lines, it makes the alternate angles equal to one another...
Page 41 - 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 5 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, each to each, but the...
Page 38 - IF a straight line be divided into any two parts, the rectangles contained by the whole and each of the parts, are together equal to the square of the whole line. Let the straight line AB be divided...
Page 262 - Again ; the mathematical postulate, that " things which are equal to the same are equal to one another," is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term.
Page 89 - PBOR. —To describe an isosceles triangle, having each of the angles at the base, double of the third angle. Take any straight...
Page 165 - Wherefore, in equal circles &c. QED PROPOSITION B. THEOREM If the vertical angle of a triangle be bisected by a straight line which likewise cuts the base, the rectangle contained by the sides of the triangle is equal to the rectangle contained by the segments of the base, together with the square on the straight line which bisects the angle.