Mathematical Dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science: Comprising Definitions of All the Terms Employed in Mathematics - an Analysis of Each Branch, and of the Whole, as Forming a Single ScienceA.S. Barnes & Company, 1857 - 592 páginas |
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... drawn parallel to it and tangent to the surface of the segment or zone . In Leveling , the altitude of one point above another , is the difference of their dist- ances from the centre of the earth . In Surveying , the altitude of an ...
... drawn parallel to it and tangent to the surface of the segment or zone . In Leveling , the altitude of one point above another , is the difference of their dist- ances from the centre of the earth . In Surveying , the altitude of an ...
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... drawn tangent to each curve at this point . Two straight lines in space are supposed to make an angle with each other , although they do not intersect ; which angle is equal to that formed by drawing lines from a given point ...
... drawn tangent to each curve at this point . Two straight lines in space are supposed to make an angle with each other , although they do not intersect ; which angle is equal to that formed by drawing lines from a given point ...
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... draw H'B ' 3. Having given an isoceles triangle , to find a second isoceles triangle , which shall B B ' E F A H DPG C ... drawn from the ver- Since the area of the second triangle is tices of the acute angles to the middle points of the ...
... draw H'B ' 3. Having given an isoceles triangle , to find a second isoceles triangle , which shall B B ' E F A H DPG C ... drawn from the ver- Since the area of the second triangle is tices of the acute angles to the middle points of the ...
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... drawn horizontally through A , CH perpen- dicular , and DF parallel to AH , through the points C and D. Also let CF be bisected in E , and complete the rectangle EFDI . The object is to find the point G in the straight line EI , at ...
... drawn horizontally through A , CH perpen- dicular , and DF parallel to AH , through the points C and D. Also let CF be bisected in E , and complete the rectangle EFDI . The object is to find the point G in the straight line EI , at ...
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... draw line AB any to any point of the curve , as B , and the point B , an angle equal to that made by the line AB ; conceive the same construction to be made at each point of the curve ; then will the curve drawn tangent to all of the ...
... draw line AB any to any point of the curve , as B , and the point B , an angle equal to that made by the line AB ; conceive the same construction to be made at each point of the curve ; then will the curve drawn tangent to all of the ...
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algebraic altitude application arithmetical axes base bisect called centre chords circle circles of latitude co-ordinates cone conic conic sections conic surface conjugate constructed cube curve cycloid decimal deduced degree denote diameter differential co-efficient directrix distance divided divisor draw drawn ellipse equa equal equation expression factors formula fraction function generatrix Geometry given greatest common divisor hence horizontal hyperbola infinite number intersection latitude length logarithm mathematical means measure meridian method multiplied nth root operation ordinate parabola parallel pass perpendicular plane plane of reference polygon polynomial principal vertex principles projection quotient radius ratio regular polygon result rhumb line right angles roots rule scale sides sphere spherical square straight line subtract surface taken tangent term theodolite tion transverse axis triangle Trigonometry unit unknown quantity variable vertex vertical vulgar fraction whole number
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Página 91 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Página 534 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Página 7 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Página 281 - 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 472 - Three lines are in harmonical proportion, when the first is to the third, as the difference between the first and second, is to the difference between the second and third ; and the second is called a harmonic mean between the first and third. The expression 'harmonical proportion...
Página 86 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Página 4 - This cyclopaedia of mathematical science defines, with completeness, precision, and accuracy, every technical term ; thus constituting a popular treatise on each branch and a general view of the whole subject. 50 The National Teachers
Página 281 - If two triangles have two sides, and the included angle of the one equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, they are equal in all their parts.
Página 480 - In any quadrilateral the sum of the squares of the four sides is equal to the sum of the squares of the diagonals, plus four times the square of the line joining the middle points of the diagonals.
Página 140 - Subtract the cube of this number from the first period, and to the remainder bring down the first figure of the next period for a dividend.