A Course of Mathematics: In Two Volumes. For the Use of the Royal Military Academy, Volume 1Gilberte and Rivington, 1841 - Mathematics |
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Page 40
... means of which the student may resolve such questions as require two or more statings in simple proportion . The general rule for questions of this kind may be exhibited in the following precepts , viz . 1. Set down the terms that ...
... means of which the student may resolve such questions as require two or more statings in simple proportion . The general rule for questions of this kind may be exhibited in the following precepts , viz . 1. Set down the terms that ...
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... 89 Note . The denomination which occupies the place of inches in these products , means not square inches , but rectangles of an inch broad and a foot long . Thus , the answer to the first example is 29 sq . DUODECIMALS . 63 Addition.
... 89 Note . The denomination which occupies the place of inches in these products , means not square inches , but rectangles of an inch broad and a foot long . Thus , the answer to the first example is 29 sq . DUODECIMALS . 63 Addition.
Page 66
... means of decimals , we may approximate or approach towards the root , to any assigned degree of exactness . Those roots which only approximate are called Surd Roots ; but those which can be found quite exactly , are called Rational ...
... means of decimals , we may approximate or approach towards the root , to any assigned degree of exactness . Those roots which only approximate are called Surd Roots ; but those which can be found quite exactly , are called Rational ...
Page 69
... means of the square root also may readily be found the 4th root , or the 8th root , or the 16th root , that is , the root of any power whose index is some power of the number 2 ; namely , by extracting so often the square root as is ...
... means of the square root also may readily be found the 4th root , or the 8th root , or the 16th root , that is , the root of any power whose index is some power of the number 2 ; namely , by extracting so often the square root as is ...
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... means of the method there laid down , the tables at the end of the volume were computed . A method adapted to the square root , in which the root is exhibited as a simple vulgar fraction , is also given in the same volume , which is ...
... means of the method there laid down , the tables at the end of the volume were computed . A method adapted to the square root , in which the root is exhibited as a simple vulgar fraction , is also given in the same volume , which is ...
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ABCD algebraic altitude arithmetical arithmetical progression base bisect breadth centre chord circle circumference coefficients common cone cosec cube root decimal denominator denoted diagonal diameter difference dihedral angle distance divided divisor draw drawn equal equation equiangular EXAMPLES expression figure fraction frustum geometrical given line greater hence inscribed integer intersection join length less lineation logarithms mantissa measure meeting method multiplied parallel parallel ruler parallelogram perpendicular plane polygon prism PROBLEM proportional quantity quotient radii radius ratio rectangle Reduce right angles rule Scholium segment sides sine solid angle solution square root straight line subtraction tangent THEOREM third trapezium triangle ABC u₁ vulgar fraction Whence