...are not in the fame " direction." IX. A plane rectilineal angle is the inclination of two ftraight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the fame ftraight line. « NB Book I. B CE ' NB When feveral angles are at one point B, any one ' of them...

...are not in the fame " direction." IX. A plane rectilineal angle is- the inclination of two ftraight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the fame ftraight line. NB Book I. A! D CE * NB When fevcral angles are at one point B, any one of them...

...ftill a fuperfluous condition. He defines a rectilineal angle, to be " the inclination of two ftraight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the fame ftraight line ." Now their not being in the fame ftraight line, is a neceflfary confequence, obvioufly...

...thpfe angles which are formed by the meeting of other lines than ftraight lines. A pl»ne angle is faid to be ' the inclination of two lines to one another which meet together, but are not in the feme direftion.' This definition is omitted here, becaufe that the angles formed by the meeting of...

...in that fupeificies. VIII. Omitted. IX. A plane reftilineal angle is the inclination of two ftraight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the fame ftraight line. B NB BooK T. ' NB When feveral angles are at one point B, any one * of them is...

...by the meeting of other lines than flraight lines. A plane angle is faid to be " the inclina" tion of two lines to one another which meet together, but are " not in the fame direftion." This definition is omitted here, becaufe that the angles formed by the meeting of...

...that in the text, it has been thought best to make no farther alteration. VI. In Euclid's Elements the general definition of a plane angle is placed...angle is said to be " the inclination of two lines to each other which meet to" gether, but are not in the same direction." This definition is omitted here,...

...are not in the same " direction." IX. A plane rectilineal angle is the inclination of two straight lines' to one another, which meet together, but are not in the same straight line. B B C NB c When several angles are at one point B, any one of < them is expressed by...

...into plane, spherical, and solid. Angle, a plane, rectilineal, is the inclination of two •traight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the same straight line. See Fig. 6. Angle, spherical, is an angle formed on the surfac* of a sphere by the intersection...

...first Book, in which it is affirmed that ' a plane rectilineal angle is the inclination of two straight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the same straight line.' Book IV. relates to the construction of polygons, their inscrptkm in, and circumscription...