A complete treatise on practical land-surveyingWhittaker and Company, 1838 - 80 páginas |
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Página iv
... measuring lines , fences , fields , and in the methods of proving the correctness of the measure of single fields , than are to be found in any other similar work . Book III . treats of plotting such figures as are iv PREFACE .
... measuring lines , fences , fields , and in the methods of proving the correctness of the measure of single fields , than are to be found in any other similar work . Book III . treats of plotting such figures as are iv PREFACE .
Página v
... similar principles . Book IV . treats of the mensuration of superficies . In this part I have added only such figures as are commonly met with in practice ; there is also inserted the perch table which is of peculiar use to the land ...
... similar principles . Book IV . treats of the mensuration of superficies . In this part I have added only such figures as are commonly met with in practice ; there is also inserted the perch table which is of peculiar use to the land ...
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... similar squares 114 how reduced by the pentagraph 115 how enlarged by the penta- graph 115 how copied by the pentagraph 116 134 Plasterers ' work , how measured 225 Plotting of single fields .. 22 .. 107 .. of estates 125 .. Meridian ...
... similar squares 114 how reduced by the pentagraph 115 how enlarged by the penta- graph 115 how copied by the pentagraph 116 134 Plasterers ' work , how measured 225 Plotting of single fields .. 22 .. 107 .. of estates 125 .. Meridian ...
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... similar figures , described on the base and perpendicular . A figure of four sides is denominated a quadrilateral figure . A square has all its sides equal , and all its angles right angles . See fig . 9 , plate I. A rectangle has its ...
... similar figures , described on the base and perpendicular . A figure of four sides is denominated a quadrilateral figure . A square has all its sides equal , and all its angles right angles . See fig . 9 , plate I. A rectangle has its ...
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... similar manner any other line . Let the sketch be large and the figures pretty strong , and draw each line as it is measured . TO SET OUT A STRAIGHT LINE . Having formed the direction of your line , fix a flag at the beginning ; then ...
... similar manner any other line . Let the sketch be large and the figures pretty strong , and draw each line as it is measured . TO SET OUT A STRAIGHT LINE . Having formed the direction of your line , fix a flag at the beginning ; then ...
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Página 3 - Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side.
Página 2 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Página 269 - ... for the second term, and the greater for the first ; and in either case multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first for the answer, which will always be of the same denomination as the third term.
Página 276 - TO THEIR DIFFERENCE ; So IS THE TANGENT OF HALF THE SUM OF THE OPPOSITE ANGLES', To THE TANGENT OF HALF THEIR DIFFERENCE.
Página 167 - RULE.* To the sum of the areas of the two ends add four times the area of a section parallel to and equally distant from both ends, and this last sum multiplied by £ of the height will give the solidity.
Página 166 - To twice the length of the base add the length of the edge ; multiply the sum by the breadth of the base, and by one-sixth of the height.
Página 4 - Plane figures that have more than four sides are, in general, called Polygons ; and they receive other particular names, according to the number of their sides or angles.
Página 235 - To three times the square of the radius of the base, add the square of the height.
Página 264 - The difference of the logarithms, as here used, means the algebraic difference ; so that, if the logarithm of the divisor have a negative characteristic its sign must be changed to positive, after diminishing it by the unit, if any, carried in the subtraction from...
Página 231 - To twice the square of the middle diameter, add the square of the diameter of one end; multiply the sum by the length of the frustum, and the product by '2618 for the content.