Elements of Geometry: With Practical Applications, for the Use of SchoolsRichardson, Lord & Holbrook, 1829 - 129 páginas |
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... called the midnight of geometry . During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries we begin to perceive the dawnings of a brighter day . Among the absurd opinions entertained in the dark ages , one of the most absurd was the belief in ...
... called the midnight of geometry . During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries we begin to perceive the dawnings of a brighter day . Among the absurd opinions entertained in the dark ages , one of the most absurd was the belief in ...
Página xiv
... called axioms , and are to geometry , what the foundations are to a building . Euclid's axioms are the following : 1. Things which are equal to the same thing are equal to one another . 2. If equals be added to equals the wholes are ...
... called axioms , and are to geometry , what the foundations are to a building . Euclid's axioms are the following : 1. Things which are equal to the same thing are equal to one another . 2. If equals be added to equals the wholes are ...
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... called postulates , and are the following : are 1. Let it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point . 2. Let it be granted that a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a ...
... called postulates , and are the following : are 1. Let it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point . 2. Let it be granted that a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a ...
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... called a rule , which is already ascertained to be straight . The rule is ascertained to be straight , by taking sight , as it is called , upon its edge , it being a fundamental principle in optics that the rays of light move in ...
... called a rule , which is already ascertained to be straight . The rule is ascertained to be straight , by taking sight , as it is called , upon its edge , it being a fundamental principle in optics that the rays of light move in ...
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... called a linear unit , and we have the measure of a straight line when we know the number of linear units it contains . Thus if we take an inch for the linear unit , and if we find it is contained 9 times in a given line as A B ( fig 1 ) ...
... called a linear unit , and we have the measure of a straight line when we know the number of linear units it contains . Thus if we take an inch for the linear unit , and if we find it is contained 9 times in a given line as A B ( fig 1 ) ...
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A B C D A B fig adjacent angles angles are equal axis B A C base and altitude base multiplied bisect called centre chord circ circumference coincide contain convex surface cube cylinder definition demonstrated diameter divided draw equally distant equivalent found by multiplying frustum geometry given line given square greater half the arc Hence homologous sides hypothenuse inches infinite number infinitely small inscribed angles inscribed circle line A B line drawn linear unit mean proportional number of sides parallel sides parallelopiped perim perpendicular polyedrons preceding proposition proved pyramid radii radius regular polygon right angles right parallelogram right triangle semicircumference similar triangles solid angles sphere square feet straight line suppose tangent THEOREM.-The solidity tion trapezoid triangle A B C triangles are equal triangular prism vertex vertices
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Página ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Página 48 - 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 63 - The square described on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equivalent to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.
Página ii - ... and also to an Act, entitled, " An Act- supplementary to an Act, entitled, ' An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the limes therein mentioned ;' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical, and other prints.
Página xiv - If a straight line meets two straight lines, so as to " make the two interior angles on the same side of it taken " together less than two right angles...
Página xv - LET it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point.
Página 41 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Página xiv - Things which are double of the same, are equal to one another. 7. Things which are halves of the same, are equal to one another.
Página 42 - Multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Página xiv - Things which are halves of the same are equal to one another. 8. Magnitudes which coincide with one another, that is, which exactly fill the same space, are equal to one another. 9. The whole is greater than its part. 10. Two straight lines cannot enclose a space. 11. All right angles are equal to one another.