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I. When a straight line meets a circle , and being produced does not cut the circle , it may be said to touch the circle , and may be called a tangent . II . When the perpendiculars drawn to straight lines from the centre of a circle ...
I. When a straight line meets a circle , and being produced does not cut the circle , it may be said to touch the circle , and may be called a tangent . II . When the perpendiculars drawn to straight lines from the centre of a circle ...
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A perpendicular drawn from the extremity of a radius , is a tangent to the circumference of a circle . а Let DFG be a circle , A the centre , AD a radius , and BC perpendicular to AD at the point D ; BC is a tangent to the circumference ...
A perpendicular drawn from the extremity of a radius , is a tangent to the circumference of a circle . а Let DFG be a circle , A the centre , AD a radius , and BC perpendicular to AD at the point D ; BC is a tangent to the circumference ...
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First , let it be to a space S less than the circle EFGH ; and in the circle EFGH describe the square EFGH ; this square is greater than half of the circle EFGH ; because , if through the points E , F , G , H , there be drawn tangents ...
First , let it be to a space S less than the circle EFGH ; and in the circle EFGH describe the square EFGH ; this square is greater than half of the circle EFGH ; because , if through the points E , F , G , H , there be drawn tangents ...
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5 A straight line AE touching the circle at A , one extremity of the arc AC , and meeting the diameter BC passing through the other extremity C in E , may be called the Tangent of the arc AC , or of the angle ABC . VII .
5 A straight line AE touching the circle at A , one extremity of the arc AC , and meeting the diameter BC passing through the other extremity C in E , may be called the Tangent of the arc AC , or of the angle ABC . VII .
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tain a given number of these parts ; and , by trigonometrical tables , the length of the sine , versed sine , tangent , and secant of any angle may be found in parts of which the radius contains a given number : and , vice versa ...
tain a given number of these parts ; and , by trigonometrical tables , the length of the sine , versed sine , tangent , and secant of any angle may be found in parts of which the radius contains a given number : and , vice versa ...
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Seite 25 - 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.
Seite 13 - To draw a straight line through a given point parallel to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line ; it is required to draw a straight line E iR.
Seite 4 - To draw a straight line at right angles to a given straight line, from a given point in the same.
Seite 29 - In obtuse-angled triangles, if a perpendicular be drawn from either of the acute angles to the opposite side produced, the square on the side subtending the obtuse angle is greater than the squares on the sides containing the obtuse angle, by twice the rectangle contained by the side...
Seite 90 - 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, &c.
Seite 87 - ... magnitudes there be taken more than its half, and from the remainder more than its half, and so on, there shall at length remain a magnitude less than the least of the proposed magnitudes.
Seite 1 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Seite 13 - If a side of any triangle be produced, the exterior angle is equal to the two interior and opposite angles; and the three interior angles of every triangle are together equal to two right angles.
Seite 64 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Seite 19 - If a straight line meet two straight lines, so as to make the two interior angles on the same side of it taken together less than two right angles...
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | The Element of Geometry |
| Autor/in | John Playfair |
| Verlag | W.E. Dean, 1836 |
| Original von | New York Public Library |
| Digitalisiert | 21. Juni 2006 |
| Länge | 114 Seiten |
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