Treatise on Mensuration: For the Use of SchoolsCommissioners of national education, 1841 - 262 sider |
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12 feet 20 feet 20 inches 9 inches abscissa acres altitude Appendix Area Seg base cask centre chains circle circular circumference circumscribed circle conjugate contained cube cubic feet cubic inches cylinder deduct Demonstration depth diagonal diameter dimensions distance divide elliptical feet 6 inches feet 9 feet long figure find the area find the content find the solidity foot frustum gauge-point give the area given hyperbola hypothenuse imperial gallons inches broad last product measure multiply the sum nonagon parabolic parallel perches perpendicular height piece of timber polygon pounds prism PROBLEM IV PROBLEM VII product will give pyramid quarter girt quotient radius remainder required the area Required the solidity rhombus right angles roof segment slant height SLIDING RULE solid content solid feet specific gravity spheroid spindle square pyramid square root superficial content surface thickness trapezium trapezoid triangle vessel zone
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Side 245 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Side 185 - ... the breadth, the remainder shall be esteemed the just length of the keel to find the tonnage ; and the breadth shall be taken from the outside of the outside plank in the broadest place in the ship, be it either above or below the main wales...
Side 255 - In turning a one-horse chaise within a ring of a certain diameter, it was observed that the outer wheel made two turns, while the inner made but one : the wheels were both 4 feet high •, and supposing them fixed at the distance of 5 feet asunder on the axletree, what was the circumference of the track described by the outer wheel ? Ans. 62-33 feet. QUEST. 12. What is the side of that equilateral triangle, whose area cost as much paving at 8d.
Side 50 - BAC is cut off from the given circle ABC containing an angle equal to the given angle D : Which was to be done. PROP. XXXV. THEOR. If two straight lines within a circle cut one another, the rectangle contained by the segments of one of them is equal to the rectangle contained by the segments of the other.
Side 3 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, etc.
Side 162 - PAINTERS' WORK. PAINTERS' work is computed in square yards. Every part is measured where the colour lies ; and the measuring line is forced into all the mouldings and corners. Windows are done at so much a piece. And it is usual to allow double measure for carved mouldings, &c.
Side 133 - Rule. Set 12 on B to the breadth in inches on A ; then against the length in feet on B, is the content on A> in feet and fractional parts.
Side 49 - Find also the area of the triangle, formed by the chord of the segment and the two radii of the sector. Then...
Side 248 - ... it. For in these cases, any small errors will be so multiplied, as to render it very much distorted. 1. Walk over the estate two or three times, in order to get a perfect idea of it, and till you can carry the map of it tolerably well in your head.
Side 255 - A ladder, 40 feet long, may be so placed as to reach a window 33 feet from the ground on one side of the street; and by only turning it over, without moving the foot out of its place, it will do the same by a window 21 feet high on the other side. Required the breadth of the street?