Gibson's London matriculation guide, by J. Gibson [and others].1882 |
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... sides is equal to the sum of the other pair . 7. Find the locus of the centre of a circle whose circumference passes ... side of a square equal to the given area . 5. See Book III . 22 . = . given area = PQ2 , PQ 6. Compare the converse ...
... sides is equal to the sum of the other pair . 7. Find the locus of the centre of a circle whose circumference passes ... side of a square equal to the given area . 5. See Book III . 22 . = . given area = PQ2 , PQ 6. Compare the converse ...
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... side by side in the same plane , with their centres 3 inches apart . Two objects of the same size and shape , but of different colours , are placed behind the lenses at a distance of twice its focal length from each lens , and with ...
... side by side in the same plane , with their centres 3 inches apart . Two objects of the same size and shape , but of different colours , are placed behind the lenses at a distance of twice its focal length from each lens , and with ...
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... side which is parallel to its direction . 5. Take a triangular plate movable about an axis of rotation O , and let G be the centre of gravity . The centre of gravity must be either above or below the axis . In the first case the effect ...
... side which is parallel to its direction . 5. Take a triangular plate movable about an axis of rotation O , and let G be the centre of gravity . The centre of gravity must be either above or below the axis . In the first case the effect ...
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... side of the river . They next marched through Armenia , and in three days arrived at some villages on the river Teleboas . Hence a five days march brought them to the eastern branch of the river Euphrates , which they crossed , and then ...
... side of the river . They next marched through Armenia , and in three days arrived at some villages on the river Teleboas . Hence a five days march brought them to the eastern branch of the river Euphrates , which they crossed , and then ...
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... side BC be bisected in D , and DE be drawn perpendicular to the hypothenuse , prove that AE is equal to three times DE . 4. Divide a given right line into two parts , so that the rectangle under the parts shall be equal to the square ...
... side BC be bisected in D , and DE be drawn perpendicular to the hypothenuse , prove that AE is equal to three times DE . 4. Divide a given right line into two parts , so that the rectangle under the parts shall be equal to the square ...
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Page 14 - ULYSSES. IT little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Matched with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
Page 23 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
Page 23 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 30 - Six years have passed, — a long time for a boy and a dog; Bob Ainslie is off to the wars; I am a medical student, and clerk at Minto House Hospital. Rab I saw almost every week, on the Wednesday; and we had much pleasant intimacy. I found the way to his heart by frequent scratching of his huge head, and an occasional bone. When I did not notice him he would plant himself straight before me, and stand wagging that bud of a tail, and looking up, with his head a little to one side. His .master I occasionally...
Page 26 - We look before and after, And pine for what is not ; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Page 11 - To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, may be equal to the square of the other part.
Page 11 - Find the locus of a point, the distances of which from two given straight lines have a fixed ratio. 143. Find the locus of a point which moves so that the sum of its distances from two vertices of an equilateral triangle shall equal its distance from the third.
Page 33 - If the square described on one side of a triangle be equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides, the angle contained by these two sides is a right angle.
Page 19 - In every triangle, the square on the side subtending an acute angle is less than the squares on the sides containing that angle, by twice the rectangle contained by either of these sides, and the straight line intercepted between the perpendicular let fall on it from the opposite angle and the acute angle.
Page 42 - If three forces acting at a point be represented in magnitude and direction by the sides of a triangle taken in order, they will be in equilibrium.