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Page 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.
Page 32 - The area of a rectangle is equal to the product of its base and altitude. Given R a rectangle with base b and altitude a. To prove R = a X b. Proof. Let U be the unit of surface. .R axb U' Then 1x1 But - is the area of R.
Page 40 - Similar triangles are to each other as the squares described on their homologous sides. Let ABC, DEF be two similar triangles...
Page 82 - A zone is a portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes.
Page 235 - An equilibrium is produced in all the levers, when the weight multiplied by its distance from the fulcrum is equal to the product of the power multiplied by its distance from the fulcrum. That...
Page 84 - The convex surface of a cylinder is equal to the circumference of its base multiplied by its altitude.
Page 34 - The area of a triangle is equal to half the product of the base and height.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 83 - The surface of a sphere is equal to the product of its diameter by the circumference of a great circle.
Bibliographic information
| Title | First Lessons in Geometry: With Practical Applications in Mensuration, and Artificers' Work and Mechanics |
| Author | Charles Davies |
| Publisher | A.S. Barnes, 1840 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jun 11, 2007 |
| Length | 252 pages |
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