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... quarters 1 quarter . 1 yard . 5 quarters 6 quarters 1 English ell . 1 French ell . SQUARE MEASURE . 144 square inches 9 66 feet 2721 40 66 ( 6 feet rods 4 66 roods 640 ( 6 acres make 1 square foot . 1 1 ( : rod , perch , or pole . rood ...
... quarters 1 quarter . 1 yard . 5 quarters 6 quarters 1 English ell . 1 French ell . SQUARE MEASURE . 144 square inches 9 66 feet 2721 40 66 ( 6 feet rods 4 66 roods 640 ( 6 acres make 1 square foot . 1 1 ( : rod , perch , or pole . rood ...
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... quarters make 1 cwt . 1 ton . 16 ounces 1 pound . 20 cwt . 28 pounds 1 quarter . 1 lb .: = 14 oz 11 dwt . 16 gr . troy . 7000 troy grains = 5760 175 " pounds 175 ounces 437 " grains 1 lb. avoirdupois . 1 lb. troy . 144 lbs . avoirdupois ...
... quarters make 1 cwt . 1 ton . 16 ounces 1 pound . 20 cwt . 28 pounds 1 quarter . 1 lb .: = 14 oz 11 dwt . 16 gr . troy . 7000 troy grains = 5760 175 " pounds 175 ounces 437 " grains 1 lb. avoirdupois . 1 lb. troy . 144 lbs . avoirdupois ...
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... quarters 1 quarter . 1 load . Cubic Inches , 34 2724 544 2178 ENGLISH DRY OR CORN MEASURE . Pint . 1 Gallon . Peck . = 8 1 = 16 ** 2 8 = 64 = = 4 1 Winchester bushel . NOTE . A heaped bushel is nearly more . The Winchester bushel ( so ...
... quarters 1 quarter . 1 load . Cubic Inches , 34 2724 544 2178 ENGLISH DRY OR CORN MEASURE . Pint . 1 Gallon . Peck . = 8 1 = 16 ** 2 8 = 64 = = 4 1 Winchester bushel . NOTE . A heaped bushel is nearly more . The Winchester bushel ( so ...
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... Quarter Eagle valued at $ 2,50 23.2 grains of pure Gold $ 1.00 United States Eagle till 1834 = $ 10.668 Weight . Pwt . Gr . 11 6 5 15 2 19 Dollar Half Dollar Quarter Dollar SILVER . French crown at one dollar eighteen cents 17 7 8 16 4 ...
... Quarter Eagle valued at $ 2,50 23.2 grains of pure Gold $ 1.00 United States Eagle till 1834 = $ 10.668 Weight . Pwt . Gr . 11 6 5 15 2 19 Dollar Half Dollar Quarter Dollar SILVER . French crown at one dollar eighteen cents 17 7 8 16 4 ...
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... quarter of the circumference ; as , AB ( fig . 2. ) B 2 6. An Arc is any portion of the circumference ; as AC B ( fig . 3. ) 7. A Chord is a straight line , which joins DEFINITIONS . 39 OF THE CIRCLE AND ITS PARTS, General Principles, 39- ...
... quarter of the circumference ; as , AB ( fig . 2. ) B 2 6. An Arc is any portion of the circumference ; as AC B ( fig . 3. ) 7. A Chord is a straight line , which joins DEFINITIONS . 39 OF THE CIRCLE AND ITS PARTS, General Principles, 39- ...
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12 feet 18 inches 20 feet 9 feet ABCD ABFD assumed cube avoirdupois axis base 26 breadth centre chord circle whose diameter Circular Sector circular segment circumfer circumference circumscribed contained convex surface Cube Root cubic feet cubic ft cubic inches cylinder cylindrical ring decimal diff divide the product ellipse ends entire surface equal extract the square feet 6 inches feet long find the area find the Solidity frustrum gallon half hypotenuse inner diameter inscribed square lateral surface length miles multiply the sum Nonagon number of degrees number of sides number of square OPERATION parabola parallel sides parallelogram pentagonal pyramid perpendicular distance perpendicular height plane prism PROBLEM radius regular pentagonal regular Polygon Required the area Required the solidity rhombus right angled triangle Rule Rule.-I slant height solid contents sphere spherical segment spheroid square feet square rods square root square yards thickness trapezium zoid zone
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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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Practical System of Mensuration of Superficies and Solids ... |
| Author | J. M. Scribner |
| Publisher | H. & J. C. Ivison, 1844 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 123 pages |
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