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, Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry |
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A plane figure , terminated on all sides by straight lines , is called a rectilineal figure , or polygon , and the lines themselves taken together form the contour , or perimeter of the polygon . 17. The polygon of three sides ...
A plane figure , terminated on all sides by straight lines , is called a rectilineal figure , or polygon , and the lines themselves taken together form the contour , or perimeter of the polygon . 17. The polygon of three sides ...
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An equilateral polygon , is one which has all its sides equal ; an equian- gular polygon , one which has all its angles equal . 32. Two polygons are mutually equilateral , when they have their sides equal to each other , and placed in ...
An equilateral polygon , is one which has all its sides equal ; an equian- gular polygon , one which has all its angles equal . 32. Two polygons are mutually equilateral , when they have their sides equal to each other , and placed in ...
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When this proposition is applied to polygons , which have re - entrant an- gles , as ABC , each re - entrant an- gle ... such that a straight line , drawn at pleasure , cannot meet the con- tour of the polygon in more than two points .
When this proposition is applied to polygons , which have re - entrant an- gles , as ABC , each re - entrant an- gle ... such that a straight line , drawn at pleasure , cannot meet the con- tour of the polygon in more than two points .
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Draw the diagonal CE , cutting off the triangle CDE ; draw DF paral- lel to CE , meeting AE produced , and join CF : the polygon ABCDE will be equivalent to the polygon ABCF , which has one side less than the original polygon .
Draw the diagonal CE , cutting off the triangle CDE ; draw DF paral- lel to CE , meeting AE produced , and join CF : the polygon ABCDE will be equivalent to the polygon ABCF , which has one side less than the original polygon .
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1. ) . A E H F B G COR . A polygon may be converted into an equivalent rectangle , having one of its sides of a given length . ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY . BOOK II . DEFINITIONS . 1. OF GEOMETRY . BOOK I. 43.
1. ) . A E H F B G COR . A polygon may be converted into an equivalent rectangle , having one of its sides of a given length . ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY . BOOK II . DEFINITIONS . 1. OF GEOMETRY . BOOK I. 43.
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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, Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry |
| Autor | John Playfair |
| Edición | 6 |
| Editor | W.E. Dean, 1836 |
| Largo | 311 páginas |
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