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... abscissa . VI . A straight line quadruple of that segment of a diameter which is intercepted between its vertex and the directrix , is named the latus rectum , or the parameter of that diameter . VII . A straight line meeting a parabola ...
... abscissa . VI . A straight line quadruple of that segment of a diameter which is intercepted between its vertex and the directrix , is named the latus rectum , or the parameter of that diameter . VII . A straight line meeting a parabola ...
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... abscissa of the diameter and the latus rectum of the axis . Case 1. When the diameter is the axis of the parabola . Let D be a point in a parabola ( fig . 5. ) and DH per- pendicular to the axis BC ; DH will be parallel to ( 5. 1. ) the ...
... abscissa of the diameter and the latus rectum of the axis . Case 1. When the diameter is the axis of the parabola . Let D be a point in a parabola ( fig . 5. ) and DH per- pendicular to the axis BC ; DH will be parallel to ( 5. 1. ) the ...
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... abscissa HF , and the parameter of the axis . Case 2. When the diameter to which the perpendicu- lar is drawn is not the axis . Let EN ( fig . 4. n . 1. 2. ) be perpendicular to the dia- meter AD ; let EL be an ordinate to AD , and D ...
... abscissa HF , and the parameter of the axis . Case 2. When the diameter to which the perpendicu- lar is drawn is not the axis . Let EN ( fig . 4. n . 1. 2. ) be perpendicular to the dia- meter AD ; let EL be an ordinate to AD , and D ...
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... abscissa LD , and the parameter of the axis . COR . 1. Hence the squares of perpendiculars drawn from any points of ... abscissa DL to the abscissa DR . COR . 3. And if from the vertices of two diameters there be drawn straight ...
... abscissa LD , and the parameter of the axis . COR . 1. Hence the squares of perpendiculars drawn from any points of ... abscissa DL to the abscissa DR . COR . 3. And if from the vertices of two diameters there be drawn straight ...
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... abscissas between those ordinates and the two vertices are equal to each other ; for the perpendiculars drawn from ... abscissa between that same ordinate and the vertex of that diameter , and the latus rectum of the same diameter ...
... abscissas between those ordinates and the two vertices are equal to each other ; for the perpendiculars drawn from ... abscissa between that same ordinate and the vertex of that diameter , and the latus rectum of the same diameter ...
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abscissa bola centre common section cone Conic Sections conical surface conjugate diameters conjugate hyperbolas consequently diam directrix drawn parallel Elem equiangular excess foci focus given in position greater axis half the second hyper hyperbola fig intercepted join latus rectum let it meet line be drawn lines ordinately applied lipsis meet the hyperbola meeting the asymptotes opposite hyperbolas parallelogram passes perbola perpendicular plane point D point G point of contact PROP proportionals rectangle AKB rectangle contained right angles second axis second diameter conjugate segments semidiameter square of CB straight line AE straight line drawn straight line parallel straight line touching straight lines ordinately tangent tangle THEOR touches the ellipsis touches the hyperbola touches the parabola transverse diameter triangle vertex vertices
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Page 163 - ... upon geometrical loci ; give me leave to present one to your notice, to which I should like to have your demonstration, to compare with my own. ***** When a circle and a right line are given in position, can you determine a point in the circumference of the circle, from which a tangent being drawn ; the segment of the tangent intercepted between the point of contact, and the line shall be given in length ? The enunciation you will excuse, provided you can comprehend me ; we may sometimes dispense...
Page 96 - A and base the circle BF, and let it be cut by a plane through the axis, and let the section so made be the...
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Page 109 - If from any point G of the Inperbola there is drawn a right line parallel to the transverse axis A a, meeting the second axis in N ; the square of the second axis shall be, to the square of the transverse, as the sum of the squares of the halt...
Page 7 - EF is equal to the length of the string FGC : take away the common part FG, and the remainder EG will be equal to the remainder GC. COROLLARY. »Hence that segment of the axis which is intercepted between the focus and the directrix, is bisected in the vertex of the axis. Thus CB is bisected in H. PROP. II. THEOR. If the distance of any point from the focus of a parabola be equal to the: perpendicular drawn from the same point to the directrix, that point is in the parabola.
Page 37 - ... the surface generated is called a conic surface, and the solid terminated by the surface is called a cone. II. The point is called the vertex, and the circle the base of the cone. The straight line drawn from the vertex to the centre of the circle, is called the axis. If the axis be perpendicular to the plane of the base, the cone is said to be right. III. If the generating line be produced indefinitely in both directions, it is evident that the surface will extend indefinitely both above and...
Page 20 - If from a point without a circle there be drawn two straight lines, one of which is perpendicular to a diameter, and the other cuts the circle; the square of the perpendicular is equal to the rectangle contained by the whole cutting line and the part without the circle, together with .the rectangle contained by the segments of the diameter.
Page 77 - The squares of straight lines ordinately applied to the same diameter, are to one another as the rectangles contained by the segments of that diameter, as was demonstrated (1.