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... Pyramid , To find the Solidity of a Pyramid , To find the Surface of the Frustrum of a Pyramid , To find the Solidity of the Wedge ,. To find the Solidity of a Prismoid ,. MENSURATION OF THE FIVE REGULAR BODIES ,. To find the Surface of ...
... Pyramid , To find the Solidity of a Pyramid , To find the Surface of the Frustrum of a Pyramid , To find the Solidity of the Wedge ,. To find the Solidity of a Prismoid ,. MENSURATION OF THE FIVE REGULAR BODIES ,. To find the Surface of ...
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... pyramids , cones , & c . With the following treatise before him , the student or the mechanic may speedily perform all the calculations that ordinarily occur in the practical details of his business . Although Mensuration involves a ...
... pyramids , cones , & c . With the following treatise before him , the student or the mechanic may speedily perform all the calculations that ordinarily occur in the practical details of his business . Although Mensuration involves a ...
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... Pyramids to be 800 feet square at the base . Now , how long a road , 4 rods wide , would occupy as much land as the base of the pyramid ? Ans . 1 mile , 6 fur . 27757 , rods . ART . 5. We have already seen that the area of any par ...
... Pyramids to be 800 feet square at the base . Now , how long a road , 4 rods wide , would occupy as much land as the base of the pyramid ? Ans . 1 mile , 6 fur . 27757 , rods . ART . 5. We have already seen that the area of any par ...
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... pyramid ; as , DE . The slant height of a pyramid is a line drawn from the vertex to the middle of one of the sides of the base . A pyramid , like the prism , takes particular names from the figure of the base , according as it is ...
... pyramid ; as , DE . The slant height of a pyramid is a line drawn from the vertex to the middle of one of the sides of the base . A pyramid , like the prism , takes particular names from the figure of the base , according as it is ...
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... Pyramid . ART . 40. Rule . - Multiply the perimeter of the base by the slant height , and half the product will be the surface . If the whole surface be required , add to this the area of the base . Ex . 1. What is the lateral surface ...
... Pyramid . ART . 40. Rule . - Multiply the perimeter of the base by the slant height , and half the product will be the surface . If the whole surface be required , add to this the area of the base . Ex . 1. What is the lateral surface ...
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Page 53 - RULE. Find the area of the sector which has the same arc, and also the area of the triangle formed by the chord of the segment and the radii of the sector. Then...
Page 35 - Now, since the areas of similar polygons are to each other as the squares of their homologous sides...
Page 79 - A sphere is a solid terminated by a curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 80 - A zone is a portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes.
Page 90 - ... to three times the square of the radius of the segment's base, add the square of its height ; then multiply the sum by the height, and the product by .5236 for the contents.
Page 49 - From 8 times the chord of half the arc subtract the chord of the whole arc, and ' of the remainder will be the length of the arc nearly.
Page 72 - RULE.* To the sum of the areas of the two ends add four times the area of a section parallel to and equally distant from both ends, and this last sum multiplied by £ of the height will give the solidity.
Page 51 - As 360 degrees is to the number of degrees in the arc of the sector, so is the area of the circle to the area of the sector.
Page 91 - From three times the diameter of the sphere subtract twice the height of the segment; multiply this remainder by the square of the height and the product by 0.5236.
Page 39 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curve line, called the Circumference, which is everywhere equidistant from a certain point within, called its Centre.