Text-book of Euclid's elements for the use of schools : books I - VI and XI (1900)
Hall, H. S. (Henry Sinclair), 1848-1934, Stevens, F. H. (Frederick Haller), 1853-1933 · MacMillan : London · leaf 101
does the construction fail ? H.S.E. f 82 EUCLIDS ELEMENTS. Definition. If in the diagonal of a parallelogram anypoint is taken, and straight lines are drawn through itparallel to the sides of the parallelogram; then of the fourparallelograms into which the whole figure is divided, thetwo through… … Thus in the figure given above, AEKH, KGCF are parallelogramsabout the diagonal AC ; and the shaded figures HKhD, EBGK arethe complements of those parallelograms. Note. A parallelogram is often named by two letters only, thesebeing placed at opposite angular points. BOOK I. PROP. 43. 83 Proposition…
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