 | Euclid, Robert Simson - 1821 - 516 pągines
...angle at ' a point, it may be expressed by the letter placed at that point; ' as the angle at E.' X. When a straight line standing on another straight...which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to „« —__ it. XI. An obtuse angle is that which is greater than a right angle. XII. An acute angle... | |
 | Thomas Young, Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace - 1821 - 344 pągines
...described by three letters placed near the lilies, the middle letter at the angular point % 64. DEFINITION. When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal, they are called right angles. 65. DEFINITION. A straight line between two right angles is called a... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - 1825 - 372 pągines
...Therefore the angle ADG is equal (8. 1.) to the angle GDB : But when a straight line standing upon another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is a right angle : (Ю. Def. 1 .) Therefore the angle GDB is a right angle. But FDB is likewise a right... | |
 | George Lees - 1826
...When a straight line AB, standing on another straight line CD, makes the adjacent angles ABC and ABD equal to one another, each of the angles is called...stands on the other, is called a perpendicular to it. •D OF GEOMETRY. with another CD, upon one side of it, are eitlier two right angles, or are, together,... | |
 | Euclides - 1826
...are right lines, it is called a rectilineal angle. 10. When a right line standing on another right line, makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the equal angles is a right angle, and the right Tine standing on the other is called a perpendicular.... | |
 | Euclid - 1826 - 180 pągines
...are right lines, it is called a rectilineal angle. 10. When a right line standing on another right line, makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the equal angles is a right angle, and the right line standing on the other is called a perpendicular.... | |
 | Robert Simson - 1827 - 513 pągines
...: therefore the angle CHF is equal * to the angle * 8. 1. CHG ; and they are adjacent angles : but when a straight line, standing on another straight...the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of them is a right angle, and the straight line which stands upon the other, is called a perpendicular... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829
...that form the angle, thus С ü D or D В С denotes the angle contained by the line С В and DB. 7. When a straight line standing on another straight...which stands on the other is called a PERPENDICULAR. Fig. 4. 8. An OBTUSE ANGLE is that which is greater than a right angle. Fig. 5. 9. An ACUTE ANGLE is... | |
 | John Playfair - 1829 - 186 pągines
...one angle at a point, it may be expressed by a letter placed at that point, as -the angle at E. 10. When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to each other, each of the angles is called a right angle; and the straight line which stands on the other... | |
 | James Charlton - 1829 - 230 pągines
....,; . l 5tn"A f itei,*& i theinc!ination or opening -of two angles is called a RIGHT ANGLE ; and the line which stands on the other, is called a PERPENDICULAR to it. •• • > i •••••• i OF THE TERRESTRIAL •'CLdME.'"' 28. The TERRESTRIAL GLOBE is an... | |
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When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it. 
