Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry: With Applications in MensurationA.S. Barnes, 1886 - 324 páginas |
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altitude angles equal base multiplied bisect called centre chains chord circle whose diameter circular sector circumference column comp cone consequently convex surface Cosine Cosine D Cotang cubic cylinder decimal diagonal dicular distance divided draw drawn equal Bk equal to half equivalent EXAMPLES feet figure find the area frustum greater half the arc half the product hence horizontal hypothenuse inches included angle inscribed intersection Let ABCD logarithm lower base measured by half Mensuration of Surfaces number of sides opposite angles outward angle parallel parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular pentagonal pyramid perimeter perpen perpendicular plane prism PROBLEM proportion pyramid quadrilateral radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon Required the area rhombus right angled triangle right angles Bk S-ABCDE segment side AC similar similar triangles slant height sphere straight line suppose Tang tangent THEOREM triangle ABC upper base yards
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Página 44 - Let ABC be a triangle, of which the side AC is greater than the side AB; the angle ABC shall be greater than the angle BCA.
Página 11 - A circle (Fig. 38) is a figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the center.
Página 12 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Página 59 - If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent.
Página 130 - ... or cylinder be cut by a plane parallel to the base, the section is a figure parallel and similar to the base. The one point a...
Página 209 - Being on a horizontal plane, and wanting to ascertain the height of a tower, standing on the top of an inaccessible hill, there were measured, the angle of elevation of the top of the hill 40°, and of the top of the tower 51° ; then measuring in a direct line 180 feet farther from the hill, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower Cway 33° 45' ; required the height of the tower.
Página 58 - If two triangles have two sides, and the included angle of the one equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, they are equal in all their parts.
Página 159 - The surface of a sphere is equal to the product of its diameter by the circumference of a great circle.
Página 70 - To express that the ratio of A to B is equal to the ratio of C to D, we write the quantities thus : A : B : : C : D; and read, A is to B as C to D.
Página 33 - 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.