An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... triangle with a hexagon interior court ; 155 is also a triangular plan , as named . Many of these designs might probably be identified , but it would entail much labour . 441. Walpole , upon Thorpe's Compositions , observes , that the ...
... triangle with a hexagon interior court ; 155 is also a triangular plan , as named . Many of these designs might probably be identified , but it would entail much labour . 441. Walpole , upon Thorpe's Compositions , observes , that the ...
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... triangle An a surface enclosed by three right lines , called sides ( fig . 229. ) . equilateral triangle ( 1 ) is that which has three sides equal ; an isosceles triangle has only two of its sides equal ( II ) ; a scalene triangle ( III ) ...
... triangle An a surface enclosed by three right lines , called sides ( fig . 229. ) . equilateral triangle ( 1 ) is that which has three sides equal ; an isosceles triangle has only two of its sides equal ( II ) ; a scalene triangle ( III ) ...
Page 266
... triangle ACB are equal ; that is , the triangle equilateral . 878. PROP . III . Triangles which have two sides and the angle subtended or contained them equal are identical . In the two triangles BAC , FDG ( fig . 236. ) , if the side ...
... triangle ACB are equal ; that is , the triangle equilateral . 878. PROP . III . Triangles which have two sides and the angle subtended or contained them equal are identical . In the two triangles BAC , FDG ( fig . 236. ) , if the side ...
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... triangles DAF , DBF the sides DA , DB are equal , because they are the sides of an equilateral triangle ; the sides AF , BF are equal for the same reason ; and the side DF is common to the two triangles . These two triangles , then ...
... triangles DAF , DBF the sides DA , DB are equal , because they are the sides of an equilateral triangle ; the sides AF , BF are equal for the same reason ; and the side DF is common to the two triangles . These two triangles , then ...
Page 268
... triangles ACG , BDG , because the line AB is pa- rallel to the line CD , the perpendiculars CA , DB are necessarily equal , as appears from the definition of parallel lines ( Defin . 12. ) ; the lines CG , DG are equal by construction ...
... triangles ACG , BDG , because the line AB is pa- rallel to the line CD , the perpendiculars CA , DB are necessarily equal , as appears from the definition of parallel lines ( Defin . 12. ) ; the lines CG , DG are equal by construction ...
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