The Artisan, or, Mechanic's instructor : containing a popular, comprehensive and systematic view of the following sciences ... also biographical notices of eminent scientific men, enriched by portraits : with many interesting and valuable articles relating to the mechanical and useful arts : the whole intended as a companion to the institutes (1825)
Carey, George G · London : Printed for William Cole · leaf 533
fore the square of DE is equal to the squares of E B, B D are equal to the square square of D B ; aud the straight line D E of ED, because EBD is a right angle; equal to the straight line D B, And F E therefore the rectangle AD, DC, together is equal to F B, wherefore D E, E F are with the square… … two triangles D EF, DBF; therefore the angle D E F is equal to the angle DBF; but D E F is a right angle, therefore also D B F is a right angle : And FB, if pro- duced, is a diameter, and the straight line which is drawn at right angles to a diame- without the circle, are equal to one another; ter,…