Practical Applied Mathematics |
Contents
| 95 | |
| 96 | |
| 97 | |
| 99 | |
| 100 | |
| 104 | |
| 108 | |
| 110 | |
| 26 | |
| 29 | |
| 37 | |
| 40 | |
| 43 | |
| 44 | |
| 47 | |
| 57 | |
| 61 | |
| 64 | |
| 65 | |
| 66 | |
| 69 | |
| 70 | |
| 72 | |
| 79 | |
| 80 | |
| 81 | |
| 82 | |
| 83 | |
| 87 | |
| 90 | |
| 111 | |
| 112 | |
| 113 | |
| 114 | |
| 116 | |
| 118 | |
| 119 | |
| 120 | |
| 121 | |
| 123 | |
| 133 | |
| 140 | |
| 148 | |
| 154 | |
| 165 | |
| 172 | |
| 178 | |
| 184 | |
| 190 | |
| 196 | |
| 203 | |
Common terms and phrases
altitude area in sq belt boiler bolt called Cast iron casting weighs cent ciphers circle circumference contains crank pin cube root cubic inches cylinder decimal places decimal point denominator diam dimensions distance divide divisions divisor engine example figure Find the area Find the cost find the diameter Find the length Find the number Find the value Find the weight fractions frustum heating surface hexagon horsepower leading truck machine mean effective pressure measure metal meters micrometer miles per hr monomials multiplied number of square number or expression pair of drivers piece pipe piston PROBLEMS pulley ratio rectangle right angle right triangle shaft shown in Fig speed square feet square inches square root steel plate steel weighs subtract taper thick thimble total weight trailing wheels turns type locomotive type of locomotive volume whole numbers wide width
Popular passages
Page 165 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 83 - 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.
Page 190 - Measures of Weight 10 milligrams (mg) =1 centigram eg 10 centigrams =1 decigram dg 10 decigrams =1 gram g 10 grams =1 dekagram Dg...
Page 34 - When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers.
Page 112 - If a number be multiplied by itself any number of times, the result is called a power of that number. An Exponent is a number written at the right of, and above another number, to indicate what power of the latter is to be taken. Thus, a2, read " a square," or " a second power," denotes axa; a3, read " a cube," or " a third power," denotes axaxa ; a4, read " a fourth," or " a fourth power,
Page 48 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 122 - The area of a rectangle is equal to the product of its base and altitude ; that is, A = ab. 443. Corollary 1. The area of a square is equal to the square of its side. 444. Corollary 2. Tiro rectangles are to each other as the products of their bases and altitudes.
Page 18 - TABLE. 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) make 1 cubic foot, ...... cu. ft. 27 cubic feet
Page 19 - CIRCULAR MEASURE 60 seconds — 1 minute 60 minutes = 1 degree 90 degrees - 1 quadrant 4 quadrants = 1 circle...
Page 18 - Ib. 25 pounds 3 make 1 quarter qr. 4 quarters make 1 hundred weight. cwt. 20 hundred weight make 1 ton T. APOTHECARIES WEIGHT, 7.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Practical Applied Mathematics |
| Author | Joseph Woodwell Ledwidge Hale |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill book Company, Incorporated, 1915 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 206 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |