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altitude angle ACD angle BAD bisect centre chord circ circumference circumscribed common comp cone consequently convex surface cosē cosine Cotang cylinder diagonal diameter distance divided draw drawn edges equations equivalent feet figure find the area frustum given angle given line given point gles greater hence homologous homologous sides hypothenuse included angle inscribed circle intersect less Let ABC let fall logarithm magnitudes measured by half middle point number of sides oblique lines opposite parallel parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpendicular plane MN polyedral angle polyedron PROBLEM PROPOSITION pyramid quadrant radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angles right-angled triangle Scholium secant segment side BC similar similar triangles sine slant height solidity sphere spherical polygon spherical triangle square described straight line Tang tangent THEOREM three angles triangle ABC triangular prism triedral angles vertex vertices
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry: From the Works of A.M. Legendre |
| Author | Adrien Marie Legendre |
| Publisher | A.S. Barnes & Company, 1857 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Aug 14, 2007 |
| Length | 448 pages |
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