Higher Arithmetic: Or, The Science and Application of Numbers; Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Modes of Instruction ...Ivison & Phinney, 1847 - 422 páginas |
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... Cubic Measure reduced to Dry , or Liquid Measure , & c . , Compound Numbers reduced to Fractions , of New York and Great Britain , The Standard UNIT of Liquid Measure of the United States , of Dry Measure of the United States , 151 154 ...
... Cubic Measure reduced to Dry , or Liquid Measure , & c . , Compound Numbers reduced to Fractions , of New York and Great Britain , The Standard UNIT of Liquid Measure of the United States , of Dry Measure of the United States , 151 154 ...
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... cubic inches of distilled water , at its max- imum density , the barometer standing at 30 inches , and is identical with the Imperial Troy pound of Great Britain , estab- lished by Act of Parliament , in 1826 . OBS . The weights and ...
... cubic inches of distilled water , at its max- imum density , the barometer standing at 30 inches , and is identical with the Imperial Troy pound of Great Britain , estab- lished by Act of Parliament , in 1826 . OBS . The weights and ...
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... cubic inches of distilled water , at the maximum density , and at 30 inches barometer . It is determined from the Troy Pound , by the legal proportions of 5760 grains , which con- QUEST . - 251 . In what is Avoirdupois Weight used ...
... cubic inches of distilled water , at the maximum density , and at 30 inches barometer . It is determined from the Troy Pound , by the legal proportions of 5760 grains , which con- QUEST . - 251 . In what is Avoirdupois Weight used ...
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... cubic foot of water , at the maximum density , in a vacuum , will weigh 62 pounds , ounces . Note . The term avoirdupois , is thought by some to be derived f French avoir du poids , a phrase signifying to have weight . Others is from ...
... cubic foot of water , at the maximum density , in a vacuum , will weigh 62 pounds , ounces . Note . The term avoirdupois , is thought by some to be derived f French avoir du poids , a phrase signifying to have weight . Others is from ...
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... CUBIC MEASURE . 258. Cubic Measure is used in measuring solid bodies , things which have length , breadth , and thickness ; such as timb stone , boxes of goods , the capacity of rooms , ships , & c . 1728 cubic inches ( cu . in . ) make ...
... CUBIC MEASURE . 258. Cubic Measure is used in measuring solid bodies , things which have length , breadth , and thickness ; such as timb stone , boxes of goods , the capacity of rooms , ships , & c . 1728 cubic inches ( cu . in . ) make ...
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acres amount Analysis annexed answer required antecedent Arithmetic avoirdupois bank discount barrels bbls bought bushels called canceling ciphers CIRCULATING DECIMALS common fraction composite number compound numbers consequently contained cost cube currency decimal figures denotes difference Divide the given dividend division dollars dolls Dry Measure duodecimals equal expressed farthings Federal Money gain gallons gals given fractions given number greatest common divisor Hence hhds hundred hundredths improper fraction insured interest of $1 least common denominator least common multiple less miles mills mixed number mixture months multiplicand Multiply number of days Operation partial product payable pence period pound premium present worth prime factors prime number principal proportion quantity quotient rate per cent ratio remainder rods shillings sold subtract thousandths Troy Troy weight units usury weight whole number yard
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Página 369 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Página 237 - ... dividend, as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor.
Página 97 - The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, 24, and 30.
Página 366 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Página 74 - In the same manner it may be shown, that removing two ciphers from the right of a number, divides it by 100; removing three, divides it by 1000 ; removing four, divides it by 10000, &c.
Página 204 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Página 259 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due...
Página 314 - ... multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator by the same number, does not alter the value of the fraction.
Página 48 - Multiplying ly any whole number, is taking the multiplicand as many times, as there are units in the multiplier.
Página 106 - An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator ; as, •f , if.