Elements of Geometry: With, Practical ApplicationsD. Appleton and Company, 1850 - 320 páginas |
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... called a straight line . This definition is due to PLATO . A practical ap- plication of this definition is used by artisans , in bringing the eye to range along the direction of the line under consideration , techni- cally called ...
... called a straight line . This definition is due to PLATO . A practical ap- plication of this definition is used by artisans , in bringing the eye to range along the direction of the line under consideration , techni- cally called ...
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... called , the straight - edge , coincides in all positions with the surface ; if so , the surface is a plane . ( 12. ) The practical miller , when he wishes to dress his millstones to a plane surface , rubs the straight - edge with paint ...
... called , the straight - edge , coincides in all positions with the surface ; if so , the surface is a plane . ( 12. ) The practical miller , when he wishes to dress his millstones to a plane surface , rubs the straight - edge with paint ...
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... called a right - angle . The line DC , thus meeting the line AB , is said to be perpendicular to AB . A B XI . Every angle BAC which is less than a right - an- gle , is called an acute angle ; and every angle DFG which is greater than a ...
... called a right - angle . The line DC , thus meeting the line AB , is said to be perpendicular to AB . A B XI . Every angle BAC which is less than a right - an- gle , is called an acute angle ; and every angle DFG which is greater than a ...
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... called degrees , so that 90 degrees will be the measure of a right - angle . The degree is divided into 60 equal portions called minutes , and the minute into 60 seconds , and so on in sexagesimal divisions . The French math- ematicians ...
... called degrees , so that 90 degrees will be the measure of a right - angle . The degree is divided into 60 equal portions called minutes , and the minute into 60 seconds , and so on in sexagesimal divisions . The French math- ematicians ...
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... called a triangle . A polygon of four sides is called a quadrilateral ; that of five sides is called a pentagon ; that of six sides is called a heptagon ; and so on for figures of a greater number of sides . XV . A triangle having the ...
... called a triangle . A polygon of four sides is called a quadrilateral ; that of five sides is called a pentagon ; that of six sides is called a heptagon ; and so on for figures of a greater number of sides . XV . A triangle having the ...
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a+b+c altitude angle ABC angle BAC angle BCD bisect centre chord circ circular sector circumference circumscribed polygon coincide cone consequently convex surface cylinder denote diagonal diameter dicular distance draw equal and parallel equiangular equilateral triangle equivalent exterior angle figure formed given line greater half the arc hypothenuse inscribed circle intersection isosceles join less Let ABC line AC line CD lines drawn measured by half meet multiplied number of sides parallel planes parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpen perpendicular plane MN point G prism PROBLEM produced Prop PROPOSITION pyramid radii radius rectangle regular polygon respectively equal right-angled triangle Sabc Schol Scholium scribed semicircle semicircumference side AC similar similar triangles solid angle sphere spherical triangle square straight line suppose tangent THEOREM three sides triangle ABC triangular prism vertex VIII
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Página 231 - THE sphere is a solid terminated by a curve surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre.
Página 147 - PROBLEM. To inscribe a circle in a given triangle. Let ABC be the given triangle : it is required to inscribe a circle in the triangle ABC.
Página 17 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another.
Página 28 - If two sides and the included angle of the one are respectively equal to two sides and the included angle of the other...
Página 233 - The volume of a cylinder is equal to the product of its base by its altitude. Let the volume of the cylinder be denoted by V, its base by B, and its altitude by H.
Página 276 - THEOREM. Two triangles on the same sphere, or on equal spheres, are equal in all their parts, when they have each an equal angle included between equal sides. Suppose the side...
Página 120 - The areas of two triangles which have an angle of the one equal to an angle of the other are to each other as the products of the sides including the equal angles. D c A' D' Hyp. In triangles ABC and A'B'C', ZA = ZA'. To prove AABC = ABxAC. A A'B'C' A'B'xA'C' Proof. Draw the altitudes BD and B'D'.
Página 18 - If equals be added to unequals, the wholes are unequal. V. If equals be taken from unequals, the remainders are unequal. VI. Things which are double of the same, are equal to one another.
Página 232 - A spherical triangle is a portion of the surface of a sphere, bounded by three arcs of great circles.
Página 96 - Similar figures, are those that have all the angles of the one equal to all the angles of the other, each to each, and the sides about the equal angles proportional.