A general view of the sciences and arts, Volum 1 |
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Side 7
... feet , yards , fathoms , and other determined measures of distance , beyond the utmost bounds of all bodies ; and by continually accumulating these , they can enlarge their idea of space as much as they please . From this power of ...
... feet , yards , fathoms , and other determined measures of distance , beyond the utmost bounds of all bodies ; and by continually accumulating these , they can enlarge their idea of space as much as they please . From this power of ...
Side 17
... feet , square inches , square yards ; that is , by squares , whose sides are an inch , a foot , a yard ; so that the area , or content of any surface is said to be found , when we know how many such square inches , feet , or yards , it ...
... feet , square inches , square yards ; that is , by squares , whose sides are an inch , a foot , a yard ; so that the area , or content of any surface is said to be found , when we know how many such square inches , feet , or yards , it ...
Side 50
... Feet = 1 Yard . 6 Yards = Fathom . 5 Yards = 1 Pole , Rod , or Perch . 40 Poles = 1 Furlong . 8 Furlongs = 1 Mile . 691 Miles = 1 Degree . Degrees = 3 360 The Earth's Circumf . ན TABLE OF SQUARE MEASURES . 144 Square inches 9 50 A ...
... Feet = 1 Yard . 6 Yards = Fathom . 5 Yards = 1 Pole , Rod , or Perch . 40 Poles = 1 Furlong . 8 Furlongs = 1 Mile . 691 Miles = 1 Degree . Degrees = 3 360 The Earth's Circumf . ན TABLE OF SQUARE MEASURES . 144 Square inches 9 50 A ...
Side 51
... feet 282 Cubic inches - 1 Cubic foot . = 1 Cubic yard . 1 Ale gallon . 231 Do .. = 1 Wine gallon . = 21 = 2150.42 105 Cubic inches = The wheat firlot contains ot } The barley firlot 31 Scotch pints . MENSURATION OF HEIGHTS AND DISTANCES ...
... feet 282 Cubic inches - 1 Cubic foot . = 1 Cubic yard . 1 Ale gallon . 231 Do .. = 1 Wine gallon . = 21 = 2150.42 105 Cubic inches = The wheat firlot contains ot } The barley firlot 31 Scotch pints . MENSURATION OF HEIGHTS AND DISTANCES ...
Side 52
... feet . By these , if the ground be tolerably even , and the direction of the line be traced pretty cor- rectly , a distance may , by using proper care , be measured within about three inches of the truth , in every fifty feet ; so that ...
... feet . By these , if the ground be tolerably even , and the direction of the line be traced pretty cor- rectly , a distance may , by using proper care , be measured within about three inches of the truth , in every fifty feet ; so that ...
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Populære avsnitt
Side 60 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Side 227 - Every body continues in a state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by a force impressed upon it.
Side 228 - To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and directed to contrary pans.
Side 32 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...
Side 90 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under this sum write the denominator.
Side 228 - The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.
Side 55 - PROBLEM I. To find the area of a parallelogram, whether it be a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, or a rhomboides.
Side 157 - It is bounded on the North by the Arctic Ocean ; on the East by the Pacific Ocean ; on the South by the Indian Ocean ; and on the West by the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Oural Mountains.
Side 97 - Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into.
Side 19 - ... When a straight line standing on another straight line, makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it. 11. An obtuse angle is that which is greater than a right angle. 12. An acute angle is that which is less than a right angle. 13. A term or boundary is the extremity of any thing.