Cyclopædia
Assuming segment is required, the following 8 results were found.
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ANGLE IN THE SEGMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANGLE%20IN%20THE%20SEGMENT
IN THE SEGMENT, is the same with that at the Periphery. See SEGMENT. It is demonstrated by Euclid, that all the Angles in the same Segment are equal to one another; that is, any Angle EHG is equal to any Angle EFG in the same Segment EFG. The Angle at...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ANGLE IN A SEMICIRCLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANGLE%20IN%20A%20SEMICIRCLE
IN A SEMICIRCLE, is an Angle in a Segment of a Circle, whose Base is a Diameter thereof. See SEGMENT. It is demonstrated by Euclid, that the Angle in a Semicircle is a right one; in a Segment greater than a Semicircle, is less than a right one; and in a...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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SEGMENT of a Circlehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/SEGMENT-of-a-Circle
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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SEGMENT-LEAVEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/SEGMENT-LEAVES
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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THE PREFACEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/preface
Suppose, for instance, a Ball, or Sphere; and let it be divided into two Parts.—Our Senses do not inform us that the two Segments thereof are equal to the whole one: On the contrary, they represent them as very unequal; and 'tis Reason alone that finds...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction
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AXIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AXIS
See OPTICK NERVE. Axis of a Lens, or Glass, is a right line passing along the axis of that solid whereof the lens is a segment. See LENS and GLASS. Thus a spherical convex lens, being a segment of some sphere; the axis of the lens is the same with the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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AIRhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/AIR
glass Vessels, exhausted of their Air, are easily crushed to pieces by the Weight of the air without. So, two small hollow Segments of a Sphere, exactly fitting each other, being emptied of Air, are pressed together with a Force equal to 100 Pounds, by...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Physics
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ARCHhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCH
again, arches intercepted between parallel chords are equal. A Radius, CE, fig.98, which bisects the chord AE also bisects segment EA and is perpendicular; thus, and we see parallel. And hence the problem, to bisect an ordinary arch is solved by me...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified