An Introduction to Mensuration and Practical GeometryKimber & Sharpless, 1835 - 288 páginas |
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... inches is the or of a foot ; which , reduced to a decimal , is equivalent to .75 , or 75 hundredths . Ex . 2. What decimal of a yard is 2 feet 6 inches ? Here , 2 feet 6 inches is the 38 or duced to a decimal , is .833333 , & c ...
... inches is the or of a foot ; which , reduced to a decimal , is equivalent to .75 , or 75 hundredths . Ex . 2. What decimal of a yard is 2 feet 6 inches ? Here , 2 feet 6 inches is the 38 or duced to a decimal , is .833333 , & c ...
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... 6. Required the cube root of Ex . 7. Required the cube root of 133 . Ans . 354 . Ans . .05138 , & c . or .018115942 ... feet , inches , and twelfths of an inch . RULE . - Set down the two dimensions to be multiplied together , one under the ...
... 6. Required the cube root of Ex . 7. Required the cube root of 133 . Ans . 354 . Ans . .05138 , & c . or .018115942 ... feet , inches , and twelfths of an inch . RULE . - Set down the two dimensions to be multiplied together , one under the ...
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... feet 6 inches by 2 feet 3 inches 2f . 6i or , 2f . 6i . 2 3 2 5 0 5 0 76 3 = 0 7 5 76 5 7 / 1 / Here , the 7 , which stands in the second place , does not denote square inches , but rectangles of an inch broad and a foot long , which ...
... feet 6 inches by 2 feet 3 inches 2f . 6i or , 2f . 6i . 2 3 2 5 0 5 0 76 3 = 0 7 5 76 5 7 / 1 / Here , the 7 , which stands in the second place , does not denote square inches , but rectangles of an inch broad and a foot long , which ...
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... feet 6 inches , and its height DE 9 feet 3 inches . D A E B C Here 12 fe . 6 in . = 12.5 , and 9 fe . 3 in . = 9.25 . Whence 12.5 x 9.25 = 115.625 fe . = 115 fe . 7 in . 6 pa . area required . 4. What is the area of the rhomboides ABCD ...
... feet 6 inches , and its height DE 9 feet 3 inches . D A E B C Here 12 fe . 6 in . = 12.5 , and 9 fe . 3 in . = 9.25 . Whence 12.5 x 9.25 = 115.625 fe . = 115 fe . 7 in . 6 pa . area required . 4. What is the area of the rhomboides ABCD ...
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... feet 6 inches , and breadth 4 feet 9 inches ? fe . in . pa . Ans . 68 10 6 8. Required the area of a rhombus , the length of whose side is 12.24 feet , and height 9.16 feet . 9. Required the area of a rhomboides 10.51 chains , and ...
... feet 6 inches , and breadth 4 feet 9 inches ? fe . in . pa . Ans . 68 10 6 8. Required the area of a rhombus , the length of whose side is 12.24 feet , and height 9.16 feet . 9. Required the area of a rhomboides 10.51 chains , and ...
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12 feet 9 inches ABCD abscissa ADBA altitude Avoirdupois axis base Bisect breadth cask centre chord of half circumference cone conjugate diameter convex surface cube root cubic inches cylinder decimal Demon distance divided draw the line ellipse equal EXAMPLES feet 6 inches feet 9 figure find the area find the solidity fluxion foot frustrum girth give the solidity given line greater end half the arc head diameter horse power hyperbola length less end linear side measure minute multiply the sum ordinate parabola parallel pentagon perpendicular plane polygon PROBLEM proportion pyramid quotient radius regular polygon Required the area Required the solidity right angled right line segment sine of half slant height SLIDING RULE solid content solidity required specific gravity sphere spheroid square feet square root thickness transverse diameter trapezium triangle ullage velocity versed sine water wheel wheel wine gallons yard
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Página 119 - A sphere is a solid figure described by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which remains unmoved.
Página 7 - The square of the sum of two numbers is equal to the square of the first number plus twice the product of the first and second number plus the square of the second number.
Página 88 - ... 11.701 ft. 74. A right-angled triangle has its base 16 rods, and its perpendicular 12 rods, and a triangle is cut off from it by a line parallel to its base, of which the area is 24 rods. Required the sides of that triangle. Ans. 8, 6, and 10 rods. 75. There is a circular pond whose area is 5028f square feet, in the middle of which stood a pole 100 feet high ; now, the pole having been broken off, it was observed that the top portion resting on the stump just reached the brink of the pond. What...
Página 20 - In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite to the right angle, is called the hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are called the legs, and sometimes the base and perpendicular : thus, A, B is the base, B, C perpendicular, and A, C hypothenuse.
Página 78 - When the quotient arising from the versed sine divided by the diameter, has a remainder or fraction after the third place of decimals ; having taken the area...
Página 19 - Parallel straight lines are such as are in the same plane, and which, being produced ever so far both ways, do not meet.
Página 21 - 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 260 - MECHANICAL POWERS are certain simple instruments employed in raising greater weights, or overcoming greater resistance than could be effected by the direct application of natural strength. They are usually accounted six in number; viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw.
Página 54 - To find the area of a rectangular board, whose length is 12-^ feet, and breadth 9 inches. Ans. 9f feet.
Página 96 - As the conjugate diameter is to the transverse, So is the square root of the difference of the squares of the ordinate and semi-conjugate, To the distance between the ordinate and centre.