An essay on mechanical geometry, explanatory of a set of models1796 |
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... pole ; made either by the fun or moon . Take the board , and screw on the pillar , and put one end of the brass wire upright in the hole , to represent the pole ; then , to make it more fimilar to real practice , place the board in the ...
... pole ; made either by the fun or moon . Take the board , and screw on the pillar , and put one end of the brass wire upright in the hole , to represent the pole ; then , to make it more fimilar to real practice , place the board in the ...
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... 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 moon fhines to caft a fhadow , the height of the object may be found by either of the two ...
... 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 moon fhines to caft a fhadow , the height of the object may be found by either of the two ...
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... pole . ( Of ufe when there is no fun- fhine nor moonlight . ) Fix up the brass wire to represent the pole ; and take the little figure of a man , and carry him backward or forward in a line * This property of light is also applicable to ...
... pole . ( Of ufe when there is no fun- fhine nor moonlight . ) Fix up the brass wire to represent the pole ; and take the little figure of a man , and carry him backward or forward in a line * This property of light is also applicable to ...
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... pole and the top of the object in a line ; he is supposed to measure from his feet to the pole , and also from his feet to the object , and also the height of the pole ; then Theorem 10 will again affift us . For if AF represent the C ...
... pole and the top of the object in a line ; he is supposed to measure from his feet to the pole , and also from his feet to the object , and also the height of the pole ; then Theorem 10 will again affift us . For if AF represent the C ...
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... pole stuck up for that purpose , and draw a line in that direction ; measure the distance from A to B , and taking off from a fcale of equal parts the number re- presenting that measured diftance , fet it off on the line , and where ...
... pole stuck up for that purpose , and draw a line in that direction ; measure the distance from A to B , and taking off from a fcale of equal parts the number re- presenting that measured diftance , fet it off on the line , and where ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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...