First Lessons in Geometry: With Practical Applications in Mensuration, and Artificers' Work and Mechanics

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A.S. Barnes, 1840 - 252 sider
 

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Side 20 - Every circumference of a. circle, whether the circle be large or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds.
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Side 40 - Similar triangles are to each other as the squares described on their homologous sides. Let ABC, DEF be two similar triangles...
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Side 84 - The convex surface of a cylinder is equal to the circumference of its base multiplied by its altitude.
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Side 35 - If two triangles have two sides and the included angle of the one, equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, each to each, the two triangles will be equal in all their parts." Axiom 1. "Things which are equal to the same thing, are equal to each other.
Side 20 - For this purpose it is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. The degrees, minutes, and seconds, are marked thus, °, ', " ; and 9° 18' 10", are read, 9 degrees, 18 minutes, and 10 seconds.
Side 83 - The surface of a sphere is equal to the product of its diameter by the circumference of a great circle.

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