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§2. Circumcentre

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

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§ These terms as well as incircle, excirde, midcircle, incentre, excentrc, midcentre were suggested by W. H. H. H[udson]. See Nature, XXVIII. 7, 104 (1883). The terms Umkreis, Inkreis, Ankreu, Mitienkreis have been more or less in use in Germany since 1866, as may be seen from Schlomilch's Zeitschrift.Google Scholar

The perpendiculars to the sides of a triangle from the mid points of the sides are sometimes called méediatrices in France and Belgium.

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Given without proof in the Ladies' Diary for 1759.

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