 | Mathematics - 1801 - 658 pages
...which seemed to be upon a level with the place where I stood close by the side of the river ;• and not having room to go backward on the same plane,...measured in a direct line from the object up the hill, whose ascent was so regular, that I might account it for a right line, to the distance of 132 yards,... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1807 - 464 pages
...close by the side of the river; and not having room to measure backward, on the same plane, because of the immediate rise of the bank, I placed a mark where I stood, aad measured in a direction from the object, up the ascending ground to the distance of 264 feet, where... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 442 pages
...close by the side of the river; and not having room to measure backward, in the same line, bec.iuse of the immediate rise of the bank, I placed a mark where I stood, and measured in a direction from the object, up the ascending ground, to the distance of 264 feet, where it was eiident... | |
 | John Gummere - Surveying - 1814 - 398 pages
...which appeared to be on a level with the place where I stood, close by the side of the river ; and not having room to go backward on the same plane,...measured in a direct line from the object, up the hill, whose ascent was so regular that I might account it a right line, to the distance of 132 yards, where... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1825 - 608 pages
...close by the side of the river ; and not having room to measure backward, on the same plane, because of the immediate rise of the bank, I placed a mark where 1 stood, and measured in a direction from the object, up the ascending ground to the distance of 264... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1831 - 632 pages
...close by the side of the river ; and not having room to measure backward, in the same line, because of the immediate rise of the bank, I placed a mark where I stood, and measured in a direction from the object, up the ascending ground, to the distance of 264 feet, where it was evident... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1831 - 660 pages
...of the river ; and not having room to measure backward, in the same line, because of the im. mediate rise of the bank, I placed a mark where I stood, and measured in a direction from the object, up the ascend. ing ground, to the distance of 264 feet, where it was evi.... | |
 | William Smyth - Plane trigonometry - 1834 - 94 pages
...a river, and on a level with the place where I stood, close by the side of the river ; not having1 room to go backward on the same plane, on account...direct line from the object up the hill a distance of 132"yards ; I then found the angle of depression of the mark by the river's side 42°, that of the... | |
 | John Gregory - 1842 - 328 pages
...me ; the object was on the same plane with the spot on which I stood by the side of the river ; and not having room to go backward on the same plane, on account of the immediate rise of a hill which lay to my back, I placed a mark where I stood, and measured in a direct line from the... | |
 | James Hann - Plane trigonometry - 1854 - 144 pages
...close by the side of the river; and not having room to measure backward, in the same line, because of the immediate rise of the bank, I placed a mark where I stood, and measured in a direction from the object, up the ascending ground, to the distance of 264 feet, where it was evident... | |
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... to be on a level with the place where I stood, close by the side of the river ; and not having room to measure backward... 