An essay on mechanical geometry, explanatory of a set of models1796 |
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... Heights , Menfuration , Gauging , and Surveying . And he has enjoyed the fatisfaction of being able to render the truths he wished to communicate , quickly , and diftinctly intelligible . Some other Lecturers , he has reafon to think ...
... Heights , Menfuration , Gauging , and Surveying . And he has enjoyed the fatisfaction of being able to render the truths he wished to communicate , quickly , and diftinctly intelligible . Some other Lecturers , he has reafon to think ...
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... is a cylinder , and a cone , of equal heights and bafes , and veffels ( or cups ) that will exactly contain them . To prove thefe Theorems mechanically , mechanically , fill the conical cup with water , and 40 Theorems . Book IV .
... is a cylinder , and a cone , of equal heights and bafes , and veffels ( or cups ) that will exactly contain them . To prove thefe Theorems mechanically , mechanically , fill the conical cup with water , and 40 Theorems . Book IV .
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... height and alfo the diameter of the cylinder ( in the apparatus ) is made equal to the diameter of the globe , as may be tried by a pair of callipers . * To prove the truth of this Theorem me- chanically , put the globe into the ...
... height and alfo the diameter of the cylinder ( in the apparatus ) is made equal to the diameter of the globe , as may be tried by a pair of callipers . * To prove the truth of this Theorem me- chanically , put the globe into the ...
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... heights , and diftances , and other practical purposes . ALTIMETRY , Or taking Heights of Objects . PROBLEM 9. To find the height of an object by the fhadow of a pole ; made either by the fun or moon . Take the board , and screw on the ...
... heights , and diftances , and other practical purposes . ALTIMETRY , Or taking Heights of Objects . PROBLEM 9. To find the height of an object by the fhadow of a pole ; made either by the fun or moon . Take the board , and screw on the ...
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... height of BC ; or , gene- rally , by the rule of three direct , as AB the shadow of the pole is to BC the height of the pole , fo is DE the fhadow of the object to EF the height of the object required . Note , If neither the fun nor ...
... height of BC ; or , gene- rally , by the rule of three direct , as AB the shadow of the pole is to BC the height of the pole , fo is DE the fhadow of the object to EF the height of the object required . Note , If neither the fun nor ...
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180 degrees alfo alſo Analemma angle ACD arithmetic arithmetical mean bafe baſe bifect Book breadth Briſtol called circle circumfcribing compaffes conceived cone confequently contained Corollary croffing cylinder demonftrations deſcribe diameter diſtance divided effay Euclid exactly expreffed faid fame number femicircle fhall fhewn fhould fides fignifies figure fimilar fmall folid fome four numbers fquare feet fruftum ftands ftraight fubtract fufficiently furface gallons geometrical mean Geometricians Geometry globe height Hence inftance interfect large cube length manifeft meaſure multiply half muſt number of degrees number of feet numbers are proportional oppofite orem parallel lines parallel ruler parallelogram perpendicular planes pofition pole prefent priſm PROBLEM propofitions purpoſe pyramid radius reaſon rectangle regular polygon repreſent reſpect rhombus right angles right line ſcheme Scholium ſet ſhadow ſhall ſquare Theorem theſe Thomas Beddoes thoſe three angles triangle ABC whole yards
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Página 4 - 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 11 - Magnitudes which coincide with one another, that is, which exactly fill the same space, are equal to one another.
Página 23 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz. either the sides adjacent to the equal...
Página 24 - If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent.
Página 12 - ... the three angles of a triangle are together equal to two right angles, although it is not known to all.
Página 37 - A right circular cone is often called a cone of revolution, because it can be generated by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its shorter sides.
Página 10 - POSTULATES. 1. LET it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. 2. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. 3. And that a circle may be described from any centre, at any distance from that centre.
Página 65 - Multiply half the circumference by half the diameter, and the product will be the area. Or, divide the product of the whole circumference and diameter -by 4, and the quotient will be the area. 2. Multiply the square of the diameter by .7854, and the product will be the area.
Página 84 - ... reafonable creatures •, for though we all call ourfelves fo, becaufe we are born to it if we pleafe, yet we may truly fay Nature gives us but the...
Página 40 - SIMILAR cones and cylinders have to one another the triplicate ratio of that which the diameters of their bases have...