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The elements of Euclid : viz, the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth : the errors, by which Theon, or others, have long ago vitiated these books, are corrected, and some of Euclid's demonstrations are restored : also, The book of Euclid's data, in like manner corrected (1834)

Euclid, Euclid, Simson, Robert, 1687-1768 · Philadelphia : Desilver & Thomas · leaf 37

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or angle FDC isequal (19. 1.) to the interior EAB; therefore the base EB is equalto the base FC, and the triangle EAB equal (4. 1.) to the triangleFDC; take the triangle FDC from the trapezium, ABCF, andfrom the same trapezium take the triangle EAB; the remainderstherefore are equal, (3. Ax.) that… … PROP. XXXVI. THEOR. Parallelograms upon equal bases, and between thesame parallels, are equal to one another. Let ABCD, EFGH be pa- A D E H rallelograms upon equal ba-ses BC, FG, and between thesame parallels AH, BG; theparallelogram ABCD is equalto EFGH. Join BE, CH; and because BC is equal to FG,…

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