Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry: With Applications in Mensuration

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A.S. Barnes & Company, 1870 - 319 páginas
 

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Página 48 - After remarking that the mathematician positively knows that the sum of the three angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles...
Página 12 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, etc.
Página 29 - 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.
Página 85 - If two triangles have two sides and the included angle of the one, equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, each to each, the two triangles will be equal in all their parts." Axiom 1. "Things which are equal to the same thing, are equal to each other.
Página 198 - To find the area of a trapezoid. RULE. Multiply the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and then divide the product by two : the quotient will be the area (Bk.
Página 159 - In every plane triangle there are six parts : three sides and three angles. These parts are so related to each other, that when one side and any two other parts are given, the remaining ones can be obtained, either by geometrical construction or by trigonometrical computation.
Página 187 - 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 79 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the square of the whole line is equal to the squares of the two parts, together with twice the rectangle contained by the parts.
Página 119 - If a cone be cut by a plane parallel to the base, the section will be a circle.

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