Companion to the iron trade etc., a series of comprehensive tables1857 |
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Page 173 - Yard, when compared with a Pendulum vibrating Seconds of Mean Time in the Latitude of London in a Vacuum at the Level of the Sea is in the proportion of Thirty-Six Inches to Thirty-Nine Inches and one thousand three hundred and ninety-three ten-thousandth Parts of an Inch...
Page 230 - ... we may fairly assume the following relative strengths as the value of plates with their riveted joints:— Taking the strength of the plate at 100 The strength of the double-riveted joint would then be . 70 And the strength of the single-riveted joint...
Page 216 - When a piece of timber is employed as a column or support, its tendency to yielding by compression is different according to the proportion between its length and area of its cross section ; and supposing the form that of a cylinder whose length is less than seven or eight times its diameter, it is impossible to...
Page 194 - RULE. To twice the length of the base, add the length of the edge, multiply the sum by the breadth of the base, and this product by the perpendicular height of the wedge ; and | of the last product will be the solidity.
Page 173 - One thousand eight hundred and twenty five, the Standard Measure of Capacity, as well for Liquids as for dry Goods not measured by Heaped Measure, shall be the Gallon., containing Ten Pounds Avoirdupois Weight of distilled Water weighed in Air, at the Temperature of Sixty two Degrees of Fahrenheit's Thermometer, the Barometer being at...
Page 193 - ... or to three times the square of the radius of the segment's base, add the square of its height ; then multiply the sum by the height, and the product by .5236 for the contents.
Page 230 - Single-riveted joint . 1000 1021 791 From the above it will be seen that the single-riveted joints have lost one-fifth of the actual strength of the plates, whilst the doubleriveted have retained their resisting powers unimpaired. These are important and convincing proofs of the superior value of the double joint ; and in all cases where strength is required, this description of joint should invariably be used. Comparing these results with those of a former analysis, we have — 1000 : 1021 and 791*...
Page 187 - As 7 is to 22, so is the diameter to the circumference; or, as 22 is to 7, so is the circumference to the diameter. 2. As 113 is to 355, so is the diameter to the circumference; or, as 355 is to 113, во is the circumference to the diameter.
Page 173 - Majesty to inquire into the subject of weights and measures, that a cubic inch of distilled water weighed in air by brass weights at the temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to 252 grains, and 456 thousandth parts of a grain...
Page 186 - Multiply the square of the side of the polygon by the number standing opposite to its name in the following table, and the product will be the area.