The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Τόμος 10Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Σελίδα 113
... theorems to use and practice . The word geometry literally signifies measur- ing of the earth , as it was the necessity of mea- suring the land that first gave occasion to study the principles and rules of this science , which has since ...
... theorems to use and practice . The word geometry literally signifies measur- ing of the earth , as it was the necessity of mea- suring the land that first gave occasion to study the principles and rules of this science , which has since ...
Σελίδα 114
... theorems , which had been in- vented by his predecessors in Egypt and Greece , and digested them into fifteen books , entitled the Elements of Geometry : demonstrating and ar- ranging the whole in a very accurate and perfect manner ...
... theorems , which had been in- vented by his predecessors in Egypt and Greece , and digested them into fifteen books , entitled the Elements of Geometry : demonstrating and ar- ranging the whole in a very accurate and perfect manner ...
Σελίδα 116
... THEOREM I. - In any two triangles , as ABC , DEF ( fig . 30 p . I ) , if two sides , as A B , A C , in the one , be respectively equal to two sides , as DE , DF , in the other , and the angle A , in- cluded by the sides A B , AC , be ...
... THEOREM I. - In any two triangles , as ABC , DEF ( fig . 30 p . I ) , if two sides , as A B , A C , in the one , be respectively equal to two sides , as DE , DF , in the other , and the angle A , in- cluded by the sides A B , AC , be ...
Σελίδα 117
... THEOREM II . - If two triangles , as ABC , DEF ( fig . 30 , p . I. ) , have two angles as B and Cin the one , respectively equal to two angles , as E and F in the other , and the sides BC , and EF , adjacent to these angles also equal ...
... THEOREM II . - If two triangles , as ABC , DEF ( fig . 30 , p . I. ) , have two angles as B and Cin the one , respectively equal to two angles , as E and F in the other , and the sides BC , and EF , adjacent to these angles also equal ...
Σελίδα 118
... ( Theorem VIII . ) ; therefore the angle ACD is also greater than B , and consequently the angle ACB is much greater than B. THEOREM X. - In any triangle , as ABC ( fig . 37 , p . I. ) , the greater angle , as C , has the side A B ...
... ( Theorem VIII . ) ; therefore the angle ACD is also greater than B , and consequently the angle ACB is much greater than B. THEOREM X. - In any triangle , as ABC ( fig . 37 , p . I. ) , the greater angle , as C , has the side A B ...
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Σελίδα 156 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Σελίδα 331 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Σελίδα 32 - I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear : Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Σελίδα 22 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Σελίδα 341 - I am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast He was. We were. You were. They were.
Σελίδα 376 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.
Σελίδα 174 - What years, i' faith ? Vio. About your years, my lord. Duke. Too old, by heaven; let still the woman take An elder than herself ; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are.
Σελίδα 330 - An Adjective is a word added to a substantive, to express its quality : as, " An industrious man ; a virtuous woman.
Σελίδα 34 - tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Σελίδα 124 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.