Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, with a Supplement on the Quadrature of the Circle, and the Geometry of Solids: to which are Added, Edlemnts of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry |
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A new axiom is also introduced in the room of the 12th , for the purpose of demonstrating more easily some of the properties of parallel lines . In the third Book , the re- marks concerning the angles made by a straight line , and the ...
A new axiom is also introduced in the room of the 12th , for the purpose of demonstrating more easily some of the properties of parallel lines . In the third Book , the re- marks concerning the angles made by a straight line , and the ...
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The sign ( or two parallel lines ) , is the sign of equality ; thus , A = B , implies that the quantity denoted by A is equal to the quantity denoted by B , and is read A equal to B. - 19. To signify that A is greater than B ...
The sign ( or two parallel lines ) , is the sign of equality ; thus , A = B , implies that the quantity denoted by A is equal to the quantity denoted by B , and is read A equal to B. - 19. To signify that A is greater than B ...
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... and terminated both ways by the circumference . 14. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter . 15. Two lines are said to be parallel , when OF GEOMETRY . 5 BOOK I.
... and terminated both ways by the circumference . 14. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter . 15. Two lines are said to be parallel , when OF GEOMETRY . 5 BOOK I.
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Two lines are said to be parallel , when being situated in the same plane , they cannot meet , how far soever , either way , both of them be produced . 16. A plane figure , terminated on all sides by straight lines , is called a ...
Two lines are said to be parallel , when being situated in the same plane , they cannot meet , how far soever , either way , both of them be produced . 16. A plane figure , terminated on all sides by straight lines , is called a ...
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And , lastly , the trapezoid , only two of whose sides are parallel . 29. All other four sided figures are usually called trapeziums . 30. A diagonal is a line which joins the vertices of two angles not adjacent to each other .
And , lastly , the trapezoid , only two of whose sides are parallel . 29. All other four sided figures are usually called trapeziums . 30. A diagonal is a line which joins the vertices of two angles not adjacent to each other .
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| Título | Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, with a Supplement on the Quadrature of the Circle, and the Geometry of Solids: to which are Added, Edlemnts of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry |
| Autor | John Playfair |
| Edición | 6 |
| Editor | W.E. Dean, 1836 |
| Largo | 311 páginas |
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