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... draw his figures ; while the rules delivered in the following part of the work will direct him how to find their contents , and the lengths of their lines ; and a little reflection will qualify him to compare these lengths or contents ...
... draw his figures ; while the rules delivered in the following part of the work will direct him how to find their contents , and the lengths of their lines ; and a little reflection will qualify him to compare these lengths or contents ...
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... drawing Plans , ... .176 To measure Angles , Perpendiculars , & c . , in the Field ,. ib . Of the Plane Table , .. 179 Of Heights and Distances ,. .180 Of Levelling , .. .187 To measure Heights by the Barometer , 188 To measure ...
... drawing Plans , ... .176 To measure Angles , Perpendiculars , & c . , in the Field ,. ib . Of the Plane Table , .. 179 Of Heights and Distances ,. .180 Of Levelling , .. .187 To measure Heights by the Barometer , 188 To measure ...
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... drawn up in a square , there were 79 men over ; but in attempting to enlarge each side of the square by one man , there were 80 men too few . Required the num- ber of men ? Ans . 6320 men . 40. The paving of a square court , at 8d . per ...
... drawn up in a square , there were 79 men over ; but in attempting to enlarge each side of the square by one man , there were 80 men too few . Required the num- ber of men ? Ans . 6320 men . 40. The paving of a square court , at 8d . per ...
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... drawn between any two points in it . 14. PARALLELS are straight lines in a plane , which never meet , though extended ever so far both ways , as AB and CD . A- C ... draw AC perpendicular to AB , and on it lay G 2 PRACTICAL GEOMETRY . 77 174.
... drawn between any two points in it . 14. PARALLELS are straight lines in a plane , which never meet , though extended ever so far both ways , as AB and CD . A- C ... draw AC perpendicular to AB , and on it lay G 2 PRACTICAL GEOMETRY . 77 174.
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... draw parallels to AB , and through the great divisions of AB draw parallels to AC ; divide AD and CO each into 10 equal parts , and draw a line from 0 to the first division of AD , and from the first division of OC to the second of AD ...
... draw parallels to AB , and through the great divisions of AB draw parallels to AC ; divide AD and CO each into 10 equal parts , and draw a line from 0 to the first division of AD , and from the first division of OC to the second of AD ...
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Popular passages
Page 30 - In each succeeding term the coefficient is found by multiplying the coefficient of the preceding term by the exponent of a in that term, and dividing by the number of the preceding term.
Page 19 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient. Multiply the whole divisor by the first term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend.
Page 58 - The sum of any number of terms in arithmetical progression is equal to the sum of the extremes multiplied by half the number of terms.
Page 335 - 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 336 - If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent.
Page 19 - Powers of the same quantity are divided by subtracting the exponent of the divisor from that of the dividend ; the remainder is the exponent of the quotient.
Page 58 - In any series of numbers in arithmetical progression, the sum of the two extremes is equal to the sum of any two terms equally distant from them; as in the latter of the above series 6 + 1=4+3, and =5+2.
Page 13 - C, indicates that the sum of A and B is to be multiplied by C ; and (A + B) -=- C, indicates that the sum of A and B is to be divided by C.
Page 130 - So IS THE AREA OF THE CIRCLE, TO THE AREA OF THE SECTOR.
Page 141 - ... containing ten pounds avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62...