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A circle is a plane figure contained by one line , which is called the circumference , and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference , are equal to one another . XVI .
A circle is a plane figure contained by one line , which is called the circumference , and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference , are equal to one another . XVI .
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I. Let it be granted , that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point . II . That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line . IJI . And that a circle may be described from any ...
I. Let it be granted , that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point . II . That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line . IJI . And that a circle may be described from any ...
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Wherefore from the given point A a straight line AL has been drawn equal to the given straight line BC . Which was to be done . * 3 Ax , PROP . III . PROB . G * 2.1 . From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal ...
Wherefore from the given point A a straight line AL has been drawn equal to the given straight line BC . Which was to be done . * 3 Ax , PROP . III . PROB . G * 2.1 . From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal ...
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To draw a straight line at right angles to a given straight line , from a given point in the same . ... The straight line FC drawn from the given point C shall be at right F angles to the given straight line AB . + Const .
To draw a straight line at right angles to a given straight line , from a given point in the same . ... The straight line FC drawn from the given point C shall be at right F angles to the given straight line AB . + Const .
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Wherefore , from the given point C , in the given straight line AB , FC has been drawn at right angles to AB . Which was to be done . Cor . - By help of this problem , it may be demonstrated , that two straight lines cannot have a ...
Wherefore , from the given point C , in the given straight line AB , FC has been drawn at right angles to AB . Which was to be done . Cor . - By help of this problem , it may be demonstrated , that two straight lines cannot have a ...
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| Title | The Elements of Euclid: Viz. the First Six Books, Together with the Eleventh and Twelfth |
| Author | Euclid |
| Editors | Robert Simson, Samuel Maynard |
| Translated by | Robert Simson |
| Publisher | Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838 |
| Original from | University of Iowa |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2015 |
| Length | 328 pages |
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