An Elementary Treatise on Electric Power and Lighting: Arithmetic, measuration, mechanicsColliery engineer Company, 1897 - Electrical engineering |
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12 inches altitude annex applied base belt body boiler called cast iron center of gravity centrifugal force cipher circumference column contained cube root cubic inches cylinder decimal places decimal point distance divided dividend driven pulley engine EXAMPLE.-A EXAMPLE.-What EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE expressed foot force fraction frustum gallons gear given Hence horsepower inches in diameter inches long iron kinetic energy length lever load in pounds miles minuend mixed number moves multiplied number of revolutions number of teeth pennyweights pillar pipe piston plunger pounds per square proportion pulley pump quotient reduce remainder revolutions per minute rope second figure shaft shown in Fig side slant height SOLUTION specific gravity square inch square root steam stress stroke subtract subtrahend surface tensile stress transmit trial divisor triangle tube units valve vessel volume weight whole number wrought-iron
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Page 143 - 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 62 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl...
Page 155 - Newton's Three Laws of Motion," and are as follows: I. All bodies continue in a state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless acted upon by some external force that compels a change.
Page 23 - Therefore, multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value.
Page 125 - If a straight line is drawn through two sides of a triangle parallel to the third side, it divides these sides proportionally.
Page 62 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 95 - The terms of a ratio are the two numbers to be compared ; thus, in the above ratio, 20 and 4 are the terms. When both terms are considered together, they are called a couplet ; when considered separately, the first term is called the antecedent, and the second term the consequent. Thus, in the ratio 20 : 4, 20 and 4 form a couplet, and 20 is the antecedent, and 4 the consequent.
Page 227 - Law. — The temperature remaining the same, the volume of a given quantity of gas varies inversely as the pressure.
Page 10 - The number thus added to itself, or the number to be multiplied, is called the multiplicand. The number which shows how many times the multiplicand is to be taken, or the number by which we multiply, is called the multiplier.
Page 91 - This sum will be the complete divisor. Multiply the complete divisor by the second figure of the root, subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder annex the next group for a new dividend.