An Easy Introduction to the Mathematics: In which the Theory and Practice are Laid Down and Familiarly Explained ... A Complete and Easy System of Elementary Instruction in the Leading Branches of the Mathematics; ... Adapted to the Use of Schools, Junior Students at the Universities, and Private Learners, Especially Those who Study Without a Tutor. In Two Volumes, Volumen2Bartlett and Newman ; [etc., etc..], 1814 |
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... angles . Pythagoras " was another eminent Grecian philosopher , who ing his own country afforded , he travelled in the East , and returned with a mind enriched ... with an equal thirst for useful knowledge , 214 PART VIII . INTRODUCTION .
... angles . Pythagoras " was another eminent Grecian philosopher , who ing his own country afforded , he travelled in the East , and returned with a mind enriched ... with an equal thirst for useful knowledge , 214 PART VIII . INTRODUCTION .
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... with three legs , for taking three points at once . 6. Turn - up Compasses are the plain compasses , with two additional points fixed near the bottom of the legs , the one carrying a port crayon , and the other a drawing pen ; these are ...
... with three legs , for taking three points at once . 6. Turn - up Compasses are the plain compasses , with two additional points fixed near the bottom of the legs , the one carrying a port crayon , and the other a drawing pen ; these are ...
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... one side , a line of 6 inches , a line of 50 equal parts , and a diagonal scale . On the other side it has a line of chords marked C , and seven decimal scales of various sizes . The line or scale of inches has each inch divided into 10 ...
... one side , a line of 6 inches , a line of 50 equal parts , and a diagonal scale . On the other side it has a line of chords marked C , and seven decimal scales of various sizes . The line or scale of inches has each inch divided into 10 ...
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... angles ; but they agree in one general character , they are both figures . A lion and a sheep differ widely from each other ... have no existing pattern or architype : we can form in the mind the abstract idea of a triangle , viz . one that ...
... angles ; but they agree in one general character , they are both figures . A lion and a sheep differ widely from each other ... have no existing pattern or architype : we can form in the mind the abstract idea of a triangle , viz . one that ...
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... two angles are formed at the point where they meet ; if these angles be equal to each other , they are called right ... other defini- tions are usually called metaphysical ; they are employed in all cases where geometrical definitions ...
... two angles are formed at the point where they meet ; if these angles be equal to each other , they are called right ... other defini- tions are usually called metaphysical ; they are employed in all cases where geometrical definitions ...
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Página 320 - If a straight line touch a circle, and from the point of contact a chord be drawn, the angles which this chord makes with the tangent are equal to the angles in the alternate segments.
Página 405 - In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference.
Página 287 - 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.
Página 66 - If four magnitudes are proportional, the sum of the first and second is to their difference as the sum of the third and fourth is to their difference.
Página 272 - But things which are equal to the same are equal to one another (Ax.
Página 267 - Parallel straight lines are such as are in the same plane, and which being produced ever so far both ways, do not meet.
Página 263 - A plane rectilineal angle is the inclination of two straight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the same straight line.
Página 281 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and also one side of the one equal to the corresponding side of the other, the triangles are congruent.
Página 294 - 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 of half the line bisected, is equal to the square of the straight line which is made up of the half and the part produced.
Página 190 - Take the first term from the second, the second from the third, the third from the fourth, &c. and the remainders will form a new series, called the first order of