The school edition. Euclid's Elements of geometry, the first six books, by R. Potts. corrected and enlarged. corrected and improved [including portions of book 11,12]. |
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Side 151
take away the common square on EB ; therefore the remaining rectangle AD , DC
is equal to the square on the tangent DB . ( ax . 3 . ) Next , if DCA does not pass
through the center of the circle ABC . Take E the center of the circle , ( 111 . 1 . ) ...
take away the common square on EB ; therefore the remaining rectangle AD , DC
is equal to the square on the tangent DB . ( ax . 3 . ) Next , if DCA does not pass
through the center of the circle ABC . Take E the center of the circle , ( 111 . 1 . ) ...
Side 153
A straight line which touches a circle , is called a tangent to the circle ; and a
straight line which cuts a circle is called a secant . Def . iv . The distance of a
straight line from the center of a circle is the distance of a point from a straight line
, which ...
A straight line which touches a circle , is called a tangent to the circle ; and a
straight line which cuts a circle is called a secant . Def . iv . The distance of a
straight line from the center of a circle is the distance of a point from a straight line
, which ...
Side 155
When the given point is without the circumference of the given circle , it is obvious
that two equal tangents may be drawn ... The best practical method of drawing a
tangent to a circle from a given point without the circumference , is the following ...
When the given point is without the circumference of the given circle , it is obvious
that two equal tangents may be drawn ... The best practical method of drawing a
tangent to a circle from a given point without the circumference , is the following ...
Side 159
... if a tangent drawn from the given point be fifteen inches ? 49 . If two straight
lines be drawn from a point without a circle , and be both terminated by the
concave part of the circumference , and if one of the lines pass through the center
, and a ...
... if a tangent drawn from the given point be fifteen inches ? 49 . If two straight
lines be drawn from a point without a circle , and be both terminated by the
concave part of the circumference , and if one of the lines pass through the center
, and a ...
Side 160
... produced a point , from which if a tangent be drawn to the circle , it shall be
equal to the segment of the part produced , that is , between the given point and
the point found . Analysis . Let AEB be a circle whose center is C , and whose ...
... produced a point , from which if a tangent be drawn to the circle , it shall be
equal to the segment of the part produced , that is , between the given point and
the point found . Analysis . Let AEB be a circle whose center is C , and whose ...
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Populære avsnitt
Side 112 - Guido, with a burnt stick in his hand, demonstrating on the smooth paving-stones of the path, that the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.
Side 83 - If a straight line be bisected, and produced to any point ; the rectangle contained by the whole line thus produced, and the part of it produced, together with the square...
Side 48 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, each to each ; and...
Side 238 - The first of four magnitudes is said to have the same ratio to the second, which the third has to the fourth, when any equimultiples whatsoever of the first and third being taken, and any equimultiples whatsoever of the second and fourth; if the multiple of the first be less than that of the second, the multiple of the third is also less than that of the fourth...
Side 198 - A LESS magnitude is said to be a part of a greater magnitude, when the less measures the greater, that is, ' when the less is contained a certain number of times exactly in the greater.
Side 271 - SIMILAR triangles are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides.
Side 81 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, is equal to the rectangle contained by the two parts, together with the square of the aforesaid part.
Side 115 - angle in a segment' is the angle contained by two straight lines drawn from any point in the circumference of the segment, to the extremities of the straight line which is the base of the segment.
Side 341 - On the same base, and on the same side of it, there cannot be two triangles...
Side 24 - ... twice as many right angles as the figure has sides ; therefore all the angles of the figure together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.