A Treatise on Surveying,: Containing the Theory and Practice: : to which is Prefixed a Perspicuous System of Plane Trigonometry. : The Whole Clearly Demonstrated and Illustrated by a Large Number of Appropriate Examples. : Particularly Adapted to the Use of SchoolsKimber and Sharpless, no. 93, Market Street, and John Richardson, no. 244, Market Street., 1820 - 206 páginas |
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A line has length but not breadth . 4. A straight , or right line , is the shortest line that can be drawn between any two points . 5. A superficies or surface has length and breadth , but not thickness . 6. A plane superficies is that ...
A line has length but not breadth . 4. A straight , or right line , is the shortest line that can be drawn between any two points . 5. A superficies or surface has length and breadth , but not thickness . 6. A plane superficies is that ...
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The magnitude of an angle depends on the inclination which the lines that form it have to each other , and not on the length of those lines . Thus the angle DBE is greater than the angle ABC , Fig . 3 . 9. When a straight line stands on ...
The magnitude of an angle depends on the inclination which the lines that form it have to each other , and not on the length of those lines . Thus the angle DBE is greater than the angle ABC , Fig . 3 . 9. When a straight line stands on ...
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The lengths of these lines being computed and arranged in a table , constitute what is usually termed a table of natural sines . The logarithms of those numbers taken from a table of logarithms and properly arranged form the table of ...
The lengths of these lines being computed and arranged in a table , constitute what is usually termed a table of natural sines . The logarithms of those numbers taken from a table of logarithms and properly arranged form the table of ...
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The subdivi . sions of the two parts of this line are likewise similar , each primary division being divided into ten parts , distinguished by lines of about half the length of the primary divisions . The primary divisions on the second ...
The subdivi . sions of the two parts of this line are likewise similar , each primary division being divided into ten parts , distinguished by lines of about half the length of the primary divisions . The primary divisions on the second ...
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This may be constructed as in the preceding example ; or otherwise thus , Draw the line AB of any length , and draw AC making the angle A = 53 ° 8 ' ; make AC = 480 by a scale of equal parts , and from C draw CB perpendicular to AB ...
This may be constructed as in the preceding example ; or otherwise thus , Draw the line AB of any length , and draw AC making the angle A = 53 ° 8 ' ; make AC = 480 by a scale of equal parts , and from C draw CB perpendicular to AB ...
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