A Practical Application of the Principles of Geometry to the Mensuration of Superficies and Solids: Being the Third Part of a Course of Mathematics, Adapted to the Method of Instruction in the American Colleges |
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... PRISM is a solid bounded by plane figures or faces , two . of which are parallel , similar , and equal ; and the ... prism . The lat- ter taken together constitute the lateral surface . III . A prism is right or oblique , according as ...
... PRISM is a solid bounded by plane figures or faces , two . of which are parallel , similar , and equal ; and the ... prism . The lat- ter taken together constitute the lateral surface . III . A prism is right or oblique , according as ...
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... prism or a frustum of a pyramid , in having its ends dissimilar . It is a rectangular prismoid , when its ends are right parallelograms . XIV . A linear side or edge of a solid is the line of in- tersection of two of the planes which ...
... prism or a frustum of a pyramid , in having its ends dissimilar . It is a rectangular prismoid , when its ends are right parallelograms . XIV . A linear side or edge of a solid is the line of in- tersection of two of the planes which ...
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... PRISM . 43. Multiply the area of the base by the height . This is a general rule , applicable to parallelopipeds wheth- er right or oblique , cubes , triangular prisms , & c . As surfaces are measured , by comparing them with a right ...
... PRISM . 43. Multiply the area of the base by the height . This is a general rule , applicable to parallelopipeds wheth- er right or oblique , cubes , triangular prisms , & c . As surfaces are measured , by comparing them with a right ...
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... prism be 108 square inches , and the height 36 feet , what are the solid contents ? Ans . 27 cubic feet . 5. If the height of a square prism be 24 feet , and each side of the base 10 feet , what is the solidity ? The area of the base ...
... prism be 108 square inches , and the height 36 feet , what are the solid contents ? Ans . 27 cubic feet . 5. If the height of a square prism be 24 feet , and each side of the base 10 feet , what is the solidity ? The area of the base ...
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... PRISM . 47. Multiply the length into the perimeter of the base . Each of the sides of the prism is a right parallelogram , whose area is the product of its length and breadth . But the breadth is one side of the base ; and therefore ...
... PRISM . 47. Multiply the length into the perimeter of the base . Each of the sides of the prism is a right parallelogram , whose area is the product of its length and breadth . But the breadth is one side of the base ; and therefore ...
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ABCD axis base calculation centre circle circular segment circumference column cone cosecant cosine cotangent course cylinder decimal departure diameter Diff difference of latitude difference of longitude distance divided earth equal equator errour feet figure find the area find the SOLIDITY frustum given side gles greater half horizon hypothenuse inches JEREMIAH DAY length less line of chords logarithm measured Mercator's Merid meridian meridional difference middle latitude miles minutes multiplied negative number of degrees number of sides object oblique opposite parallel sailing parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpendicular plane sailing polygon prism PROBLEM proportion pyramid quadrant quantity quotient radius regular polygon right angled triangle right cylinder rithms rods root scale secant segment sine sines and cosines slant-height sphere spherical square subtract surface tables tangent term theorem tion trapezium triangle ABC Trig trigonometry whole
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Page 68 - C' (89) (90) (91) (92) (93) 112. In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 41 - A right cone is a solid described by the revolution of a right angled triangle about one of the sides which contain the right angle.
Page 71 - It will be sufficient to lay the edge of a rule on C, so as to be parallel to a line supposed to pass through B and D, and to mark the point of intersection G. 126. If after a field has been surveyed, and the area computed, the chain is found to be too long or too short ; the true contents may be found, upon the principle that similar figures are to each other as the squares of their homologous sides.
Page 105 - The sum of any two sides of a triangle is to their difference, as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite to those sides, to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 12 - A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference.
Page 49 - ... at the head of the column, take the degrees at the top of the table, and the minutes on the left; but if the title be at the foot of the column, take the degrees at the bottom, and the minutes on the right.
Page 20 - THEN, IF THE SEGMENT BE LESS THAN A SEMI-CIRCLE, SUBTRACT THE AREA OF THE TRIANGLE FROM THE AREA OF THE SECTOR.
Page 46 - Jidd together the areas of the two ends, and the square root of the product of these areas ; and multiply the sum by \ of the perpendicular height.