 ... cubic yards of earth must be dug out in making a tunnel 100 yds. long, whose section is a semicircle with a radius of 10 ft. ? 417. The bill for digging a well 45 ft. deep, and 3 ft. 9 in. in diameter was $82.50. Find the charge per cubic yard. 418....  Arithmetic - Page 254by George Albert Wentworth - 1892 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anthony Nesbit - Surveying - 1824 - 476 pages
...will run over. Ans. 210.17722 cicbic inches. 10. A cubical foot of brass is to be drawn into wire ^B of an inch in diameter ; what will be the length of the wire, allowing no waste in' the metal ? Ans. 31.25217 miles. 11. How many 4 inch cubes can be cut out of... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - Mathematics - 1825 - 1046 pages
...the height of the earth's diameter. 35. A cubical foot of brass is to be drawn into a wire of l-4Otb of an inch in diameter ; what will be the length of the wire, allowing DO loss in the metal ? Ans. 97784 797 yards, or near 56 miles. 36. A bowling-green, 300 feet... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1829 - 256 pages
...the height of the earth's diameter. 36. A cubical foot of brass is to be drawn into a wire of 3*5- of an inch in diameter ; what will be the length of the wire, allowing no loss in the rnetal ? Ans. 97784. 5C84 yards, or near 56 miles. 37. A gentleman has a bowling;... | |
 | Tobias Ostrander - Measurement - 1834 - 182 pages
...feet, at 8 cents per yard ? Ans. f 3,21. 79. A cubical foot of brass is to be drawn into a wire of -<V of an inch in diameter — What will be the length of the wire, allowing no loss in the metal 1 Ans. 5,556 + miles. 80. Three men bought a tapering piece of timber... | |
 | George Alfred - Arithmetic - 1834 - 336 pages
...at 10m. 54(s(sec. after 2 o'clock, &c. 14. A cubical foot of brass is to be drawn into a wire of -J^ of an inch in diameter; what will be the length of the wire, allowing no loss in the metal ? Ans. 55 miles 984yds. li't. Sin. +-4(j. 15. A young gentleman making... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1848 - 320 pages
...To the height of the earth's diameter. 36. A cubical foot of brass is to be drawn into a wire of ^j of an inch in diameter ; what will be the length of the wire, allowing no loss in the metal? * Ans. 97784.5684 yards, or near 56 miles. 37. A gentleman has a bowling... | |
 | D. M. Knapen - Measurement - 1849 - 300 pages
...in diameter ? Ans. 57.37 inches. 75. A cubic foot of brass is to be drawn into a cylindric wire -fa of an inch in diameter ; what will be the length of the wire ? Ans. 97,784.797 yards. 76. A bowling-green 300 feet long and 200 broad, is to be raised one foot... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1852 - 410 pages
...bushel whose depth is 7 inches ? Ans. 19.777' in. 14. A cubic foot of brass is to be drawn into wire ^ of an inch in diameter. What will be the length of the wire, allowing no waste in the metal? Ans. 31.252' miles. 15. A gentleman has a bowling-green" 500 feet in... | |
 | James B. Dodd - 1853 - 398 pages
...bushel whose depth is 7 inches ? Ans. 19.777'in. 14. A cubio foot of brass is to be drawn into wire £ v of an inch in diameter. What will be the length of the wire, allowing no waste in the metal? Ans. 31.252' miles. Solidity of a Wedge and Prismoid. § 415. A wedge... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Measurement - 1858 - 350 pages
...must be its diameter ? Ans. 57.37 inches. 38. A cubic foot of brass is to be drawn into a wire of -^ of an inch in diameter ; what will be the length of the wire, assuming there is to be no loss of metal in the operation ? Ans. 97784.5684 yards. 39. One end of a... | |
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