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 TrigonometryW. E. Dean, 1835 - 316 páginas |
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... called a Theorem ; and the method of collecting the several arguments and proofs , and laying them together in proper order , by means of which the truth of the proposition becomes evident , is called a Demonstration . 6. A Direct ...
... called a Theorem ; and the method of collecting the several arguments and proofs , and laying them together in proper order , by means of which the truth of the proposition becomes evident , is called a Demonstration . 6. A Direct ...
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... called Reductio ad Absurdum ; because it shows the absurdity and falsehood of all suppositions contrary to that contained in the proposition . 8. A Problem is a proposition or a question proposed , which requires a so- lution . As , to ...
... called Reductio ad Absurdum ; because it shows the absurdity and falsehood of all suppositions contrary to that contained in the proposition . 8. A Problem is a proposition or a question proposed , which requires a so- lution . As , to ...
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... called A plus B. 21. Subtraction is denoted by a single line ; as A - B , which is read A minus B ; A - B represents their difference , or the part of A remaining , when a part equal to B has been taken away from it . In like manner , A ...
... called A plus B. 21. Subtraction is denoted by a single line ; as A - B , which is read A minus B ; A - B represents their difference , or the part of A remaining , when a part equal to B has been taken away from it . In like manner , A ...
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... called a straight line . " " COR . Hence two straight lines cannot inclose a space . Neither can two " straight lines have a common segment ; that is , they cannot coincide " in part , without coinciding altogether . " 4. A superficies ...
... called a straight line . " " COR . Hence two straight lines cannot inclose a space . Neither can two " straight lines have a common segment ; that is , they cannot coincide " in part , without coinciding altogether . " 4. A superficies ...
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... called the angle DBC , or CBD ; but , if there be only one an- ' gle at a point , it may be expressed by a letter ... called a right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other , is called a perpendicular to it . 8. An obtuse ...
... called the angle DBC , or CBD ; but , if there be only one an- ' gle at a point , it may be expressed by a letter ... called a right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other , is called a perpendicular to it . 8. An obtuse ...
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ABC is equal ABCD adjacent angles altitude angle ABC angle ACB angle BAC angles equal arc AC base BC bisected centre chord circle ABC circumference cosine cylinder demonstrated diameter divided draw Prob equal and similar equal angles equiangular equilateral equilateral polygon equimultiples Euclid exterior angle fore four right angles given straight line greater Hence hypotenuse inscribed join less Let ABC Let the straight magnitudes meet multiple opposite angle parallel parallelogram parallelopiped perpendicular plane polygon prism PROP proposition quadrilateral radius ratio rectangle contained rectilineal figure remaining angle SCHOLIUM segment semicircle shewn side BC sine solid angle solid parallelopiped spherical angle spherical triangle square straight line BC THEOR third touches the circle triangle ABC triangle DEF wherefore
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Página 46 - 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 39 - To describe a parallelogram that shall be equal to a given triangle, and have one of its angles equal to a given rectilineal angle.
Página 47 - If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts, the rectangle contained by the unequal parts, together with the square on the line between the points of section, is equal to the square on half the line.
Página 25 - THE straight lines which join the extremities of two equal and parallel straight lines, towards the same parts, are also themselves equal and parallel. Let AB, CD be equal and parallel straight lines, and joined towards the same parts by the straight lines AC, BD ; AC, BD are also equal and parallel.
Página 5 - 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 75 - The angle in a semicircle is a right angle; the angle in a segment greater than a semicircle is less than a right angle; and the angle in a segment less than a semicircle is greater than a right angle.
Página 95 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz. either the sides adjacent to the equal...
Página 294 - 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 52 - In obtuse-angled triangles, if a perpendicular be drawn from either 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 angle, by twice the rectangle contained by the side upon which, when produced, the perpendicular falls, and the straight line intercepted without the triangle, between the perpendicular and the obtuse angle. Let ABC be an obtuse-angled triangle, having the obtuse angle...
Página 134 - Equiangular parallelograms have to one another the ratio which is compounded of the ratios of their sides.