...appellation to Euclid, i. 5, is a modern error, and that the original asses' bridge was the proposition, " Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side," the demonstration being that an ass at A will walk along the third side AB to his provender at в,...

...appellation to Euclid, i. 6, is a modern error, and that the original asses' bridge was the proposition, " Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side," the demonstration being that an ass at A will walk along the third side AB to his provender at в,...

...sides of a triangle be unequal, the greater side has the greater angle opposite. 8. Prove Euc. 1. '.iO. Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third tide. 9. Prove Kuc. I. 48. If the square described upon one side of a triangle be equal to the squares...

...plane triangle, it will cut the other two sides proportionally, [Eu. vi. 2.] or Theorem D, page 26. Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side [Eu. i. 20.] or Theorem IX. page 19. From this it follows also, that the difference of any two sides...

...another, the side opposite that angle is greater than the side opposite the other.] PROP. XX. THEOR. Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than...third side. Let ABC be a triangle; any two sides of it together are greater than the third side, viz. the sides BA, AC greater than the side BC ; and AB,...

...the side is greater than, equal to, or less than the angle opposite to the other. PEOP. XX. ТНЕOB. Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side. In the triangle ABC, the sides л в and в c „ are greater than AC, the sides вc and CA are greater,...

...an assertion relating to the mind is proved by an induction as wide as that on which we believe that any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third, we have a right to suppose it true for us ; we feel it to be true by our intuition, our experience...

...to ab ; therefore a С is greater than a b. Wherefore the greater angle, &c. QED PROPOSITION XX. — THEOREM. Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side. LET ab С be a triangle ; any two sides of it together are greater than the third side, viz. the sides...

...14. Alexander conquered Darius. 15. The three angles of a triangle are equal to two right lines. 16. Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side. 17. The French Convention treated Louis XVI. cruelly. 18. The Chamber of Peers condemned Ney to death...

...AB ; therefore AC is greater than AB. "Wherefore the greater angle, etc. QED PROPOSITION XX. THEOB. Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side. Produce BA to the point D, and make (3. i.) AD equal to AC, and join DC. Because DA is equal to AC,...