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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To draw a straight line perpendicular to a given straight line , of an unlimited length , from a given point without it . Let AB be a given straight line , which may be produced to any length both ways , and let C be a point without it ...
To draw a straight line perpendicular to a given straight line , of an unlimited length , from a given point without it . Let AB be a given straight line , which may be produced to any length both ways , and let C be a point without it ...
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In obtuse angled triangles , if a perpendicular be drawn from any of the acute angles to the opposite side produced , the square of the side subtending the obtuse angle is greater than the squares of the sides containing the obtuse ...
In obtuse angled triangles , if a perpendicular be drawn from any of the acute angles to the opposite side produced , the square of the side subtending the obtuse angle is greater than the squares of the sides containing the obtuse ...
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Let ABC be a triangle , of which the side BC is bisected in D , and DA drawn to the opposite angle ; the squares of BA and AC are together double of the squares of BD and DA . From A draw AE perpendicular to BC , and because BEA is a ...
Let ABC be a triangle , of which the side BC is bisected in D , and DA drawn to the opposite angle ; the squares of BA and AC are together double of the squares of BD and DA . From A draw AE perpendicular to BC , and because BEA is a ...
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And the straight line on which the greater perpendicular falls , is said to be farther from the centre B. An arch of a circle is any part of the circumference . V. A segment of a circle is the figure contained by a straight line ...
And the straight line on which the greater perpendicular falls , is said to be farther from the centre B. An arch of a circle is any part of the circumference . V. A segment of a circle is the figure contained by a straight line ...
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Let ABC be a circle , the centre of which is D , and the diameter AB : and let AE be drawn from A perpendicular to AB , AE shall fall witbout the circle . lo AE take any point F , join DF , and let DF meet the circle in C. Because DAF ...
Let ABC be a circle , the centre of which is D , and the diameter AB : and let AE be drawn from A perpendicular to AB , AE shall fall witbout the circle . lo AE take any point F , join DF , and let DF meet the circle in C. Because DAF ...
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