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... tangent which passes through D , the vertex of AL : for if the straight line touching the parabola in the point D , be not parallel to LE , let another straight line be drawn touching the pa- rabola , and parallel to LE ; then the ...
... tangent which passes through D , the vertex of AL : for if the straight line touching the parabola in the point D , be not parallel to LE , let another straight line be drawn touching the pa- rabola , and parallel to LE ; then the ...
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... tangent , and terminated both ways by the parabola , that straight line is a diameter : for if it be not , let a diameter be drawn through the point of contact , this diameter must also bisect the parallel to the tangent : which is ...
... tangent , and terminated both ways by the parabola , that straight line is a diameter : for if it be not , let a diameter be drawn through the point of contact , this diameter must also bisect the parallel to the tangent : which is ...
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... the parabola , and meet that diame- ter ; the segment ( of the diameter ) intercepted be- twixt the ordinate and the tangent is bisected in the vertex of the diameter . A , being a point of a parabola ; ( BOOK I. 25 THE PARABOLA .
... the parabola , and meet that diame- ter ; the segment ( of the diameter ) intercepted be- twixt the ordinate and the tangent is bisected in the vertex of the diameter . A , being a point of a parabola ; ( BOOK I. 25 THE PARABOLA .
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... tangent GB in G ; let AC be drawn parallel to BG ; AC will be ordinately applied to the ( 11.1 . ) diameter CB : and since , by the proposition , CB is equal to BD , AG is likewise equal to GD . PROP . XV . PROB . To find a diameter ...
... tangent GB in G ; let AC be drawn parallel to BG ; AC will be ordinately applied to the ( 11.1 . ) diameter CB : and since , by the proposition , CB is equal to BD , AG is likewise equal to GD . PROP . XV . PROB . To find a diameter ...
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... tangent to the segment , the problem admits of only one solution . * The parabola , and latus rectum of the diameter AB , which solve this case , are determined , if a parabola be found having AB for a diameter , and A for the vertex of ...
... tangent to the segment , the problem admits of only one solution . * The parabola , and latus rectum of the diameter AB , which solve this case , are determined , if a parabola be found having AB for a diameter , and A for the vertex of ...
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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.