| Euclides - 1884 - 94 σελίδες
...1—26, BOOK I, ARE NOW PUBLISHED IN A SIMILAR FORM TO THIS. PROPOSITION III. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the less. Let and be the two given straight lines, of which is the greater. It is required to cut off from , the... | |
| Euclides - 1884 - 214 σελίδες
...equal to the same magnitude are equal to one another. PROPOSITION III. PROBLEM. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the less. GIVEN that AB and CG are two straight lines, of which AB is the greater ; IT is REQUIRED TO CUT OFF... | |
| Edinburgh Mathematical Society - 1887 - 316 σελίδες
...KL parallel to BA and meeting AE at L. AL is the straight line required. 8. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the less, Euclid I. 3. See figures 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. (a) Let the given straight lines AB and CD, of which... | |
| Edward Mann Langley, W. Seys Phillips - 1890 - 538 σελίδες
...any straight line drawn from that point as radius. PROPOSITION 3. PROBLEM. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the...less. Let AB and C be the two given straight lines, of which AB is the greater ; it is required to cut off from AB, the greater, a part equal to C, the... | |
| James Andrew Blaikie, William Thomson - 1891 - 160 σελίδες
...From a given point to draw a straight line equal to a given straight line. 3. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the less. 4. If two sides and the contained angle of one triangle be respectively equal to two sides and the... | |
| Rupert Deakin - 1891 - 102 σελίδες
...From a given point to draw a straight line equal to a given straight line. 3. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the less. 4. If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, each to each, and have... | |
| Euclid, John Bascombe Lock - 1892 - 188 σελίδες
...greater according to the way in which the figure is drawn. Proposition 3. 71. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the less. Let AB and CD be the two given straight lines, of which AB is greater than CD ; it is required to cut off from... | |
| Henry Martyn Taylor - 1893 - 486 σελίδες
...the given straight line. Is a solution always possible ? 2—2 PROPOSITION 3. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off" a part equal to the less. Let AB and CD be the two given straight lines, of which AB is the greater : it is required to cut off from AB... | |
| Edinburgh Mathematical Society - 1893 - 352 σελίδες
...may be solved with much less complication, namely, R, + R2 + 3C,-l-C2 I. 3. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the less. * See Mascheroni's Geometria del compasso (1795). t See Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society,... | |
| Henry Martyn Taylor - 1895 - 708 σελίδες
...the given straight line. Is a solution always possible ? 2—2 PROPOSITION 3. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the less. Let AB and CD be the two given straight lines, of which AB is the greater : it is required to cut off from AB... | |
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