Practical Geometry: With Selected Applications in Mensuration, in Artificers' Work and Mechanics |
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12 feet 20 feet ABCD acres altitude axis breadth called chord circle whose diameter circular sector circumfer circumference cone convex surface cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches cumference cylinder cylindrical ring decimal diagonal distance divided draw ellipse entire surface equilateral triangle EXAMPLES Explain the manner feet 6 inches figure find the area find the solidity frustum given angle given line given point half heptagon hypothenuse intersect linear unit lower base manner of inscribing Mensuration of Solids Mensuration of Surfaces number of square octagon parallelogram pentagon pentagonal pyramid perpendicular Practical Geometry.-Instruments Practical Geometry.-Problems prism PROBLEM quadrilateral quarter girt radius rectangle regular polygon Required the area rhombus right angled triangle Round Bodies RULE scale of equal secant line segment similar polygons slant height solid content solid feet Solids bounded specific gravity sphere square feet square yards straight line tangent thickness upper base