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... Fields with straight Boundaries , .. ib . To survey Fields with crooked Boundaries , .. .200 Of the Field - Book , .. To take an extensive Survey , .. Of Dividing Land , .... ib . .205 To find the Contents of a Survey , .207 .209 To ...
... Fields with straight Boundaries , .. ib . To survey Fields with crooked Boundaries , .. .200 Of the Field - Book , .. To take an extensive Survey , .. Of Dividing Land , .... ib . .205 To find the Contents of a Survey , .207 .209 To ...
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... field was sown with wheat at 35s . per boll , and pro- duced 9 returns : the crop was sold at 30s . per boll , and , after paying for the seed , there remained £ 293 , 15s . How much wheat was sown ? Ans . 25 bolls . 32. A merchant laid ...
... field was sown with wheat at 35s . per boll , and pro- duced 9 returns : the crop was sold at 30s . per boll , and , after paying for the seed , there remained £ 293 , 15s . How much wheat was sown ? Ans . 25 bolls . 32. A merchant laid ...
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... field ABCDE , I measured along the dia- gonal AC ; and at b , 326 links from A , 306431-6 took the perpendicular 6E , 97 links : then I measured to c , 543 links from A , where I took the offset cB 354 links ; and measuring on to d ...
... field ABCDE , I measured along the dia- gonal AC ; and at b , 326 links from A , 306431-6 took the perpendicular 6E , 97 links : then I measured to c , 543 links from A , where I took the offset cB 354 links ; and measuring on to d ...
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Alexander Ingram. 3. Required the area of the field BCDEFG , of which are given the sides B 854 and CD 927 links , the diagonals G 1167 , BF 1037 , CF 1284 , and CE 342 , and the perpendiculars upon BG e AH 437 and FK 384 , upon CF is ...
Alexander Ingram. 3. Required the area of the field BCDEFG , of which are given the sides B 854 and CD 927 links , the diagonals G 1167 , BF 1037 , CF 1284 , and CE 342 , and the perpendiculars upon BG e AH 437 and FK 384 , upon CF is ...
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... fields , & c . on the surface of the earth . For this purpose , various instruments are used for mea- suring lines and angles . OF LINES . Straight lines are measured by applying to them a line of known length , as a foot - rule , a ...
... fields , & c . on the surface of the earth . For this purpose , various instruments are used for mea- suring lines and angles . OF LINES . Straight lines are measured by applying to them a line of known length , as a foot - rule , a ...
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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...