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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... horizontal wires , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , & c . ; each wire bearing nine beads of glass , wood , or ivory , which slide freely . 7 6 In Algebra , it is employed to denote a known or given quantity - In Geometry and Trigonometry it often stands ...
... horizontal wires , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , & c . ; each wire bearing nine beads of glass , wood , or ivory , which slide freely . 7 6 In Algebra , it is employed to denote a known or given quantity - In Geometry and Trigonometry it often stands ...
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... horizontal , it has been agreed to call the horizontal one the axis of X , or the axis of abscissas , and the other one the axis of Y , or the axis of ordinates . ABSOLUTE SPACE , is space considered with- out reference to 6 [ A BA ...
... horizontal , it has been agreed to call the horizontal one the axis of X , or the axis of abscissas , and the other one the axis of Y , or the axis of ordinates . ABSOLUTE SPACE , is space considered with- out reference to 6 [ A BA ...
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... horizontal axes , the distance measured on a parallel to the axis of Z being always called the ordinate . It is customary to define the abscissa of a point in space , to be the distance of the point from the co - ordinate plane YZ ...
... horizontal axes , the distance measured on a parallel to the axis of Z being always called the ordinate . It is customary to define the abscissa of a point in space , to be the distance of the point from the co - ordinate plane YZ ...
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... horizontal , in viewing the figure , is generally considered as the base , unless some other side is especially pointed out . In the right angled triangle , the base is always one of the sides about the right angle , the other one be ...
... horizontal , in viewing the figure , is generally considered as the base , unless some other side is especially pointed out . In the right angled triangle , the base is always one of the sides about the right angle , the other one be ...
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... horizontal , though it is better that Hence the altitude becomes known . The it should be . 3. The altitude of an object which is ac- cessible , may be determined by means of its shadow . 1. Let it be required to determine the alti- is ...
... horizontal , though it is better that Hence the altitude becomes known . The it should be . 3. The altitude of an object which is ac- cessible , may be determined by means of its shadow . 1. Let it be required to determine the alti- is ...
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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.