Take the length of the keel within board (so much as she treads on the ground) and the breadth within board by the midship beam, from plank to plank, and half the breadth for the depth, then multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the... A Treatise on Practical Mensuration - Page 126by Anthony Nesbit - 1859 - 450 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edmund Wingate - Arithmetic - 1751 - 438 pages
...fide of the fquare required. 776. Of Solid Meafure, which refpecls Length, Breadth, and Thicknefs. Rule. Multiply the Length by the Breadth, and that product by the Depth. Otherwife, Multiply the area of the bafe by the Height, the product gives the folid content, which... | |
| Great Britain - Law - 1765 - 514 pages
...breadth within board by the midfhip-beam, from plank to plank, and half the breadth for the depth, thea multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth, and divide the whole by ninety four, the quotient will give the true contents of the tonnage, according... | |
| Great Britain - Law - 1765 - 520 pages
...breadth within board by the midfhip-bcam, from plank to plank, and half the> breadth for the depth, then multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth, and divide the whole by ninety four, the quotient will give the true contents of the tonnage, according... | |
| John Eadon - Arithmetic - 1766 - 360 pages
...folid figure contained under fix parallelograms, the oppofite fides of which are equal and parallel. Rule. Multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth (er altitude}» the laft product will be the folidity. t xam. l . The length of reftangled parallelopipedoa... | |
| John Irving Maxwell - Admiralty - 1800 - 598 pages
...breadth within board, by the midfhip beam, from plank to plank, and half the breadth for the depth ; then multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth, and divide the whole by 94, the quo- • ticnt will give the true contents of the tortiiagc. Perfons... | |
| David Steel - 1805 - 392 pages
...or, by duodecimals, 2 feet 10 inches solid. PROBLEM 2. To find the solid Content of a Parallelepiped. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth or height. EXAMPLE. Required the solid content of the parallelopipedon, whose length is 4 feet 8 inches,... | |
| Samuel Webber - Mathematics - 1808 - 520 pages
...length, breadth, and depth, or altitude, all continually together for the solid content ; that is, multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth. EXAMPLES. 1. Required the content of the parallelopipedon, whose length AB is 6 feet, its breadth AC... | |
| Thomas Mortimer - Commerce - 1810 - 1246 pages
...brcadtk withia board, by the midship brum torn plank to plank, and half the breadth for the depth; tten multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth. *nd divide t'ti* whole by <J4, the quuii«nt will give the true content^ of the lonnaf*. ADMINISTRATION,... | |
| Caleb Alexander - Arithmetic - 1813 - 152 pages
...12 — Ü36 13. -2 — 12=i of the »quart. 294)49392(168 TI me gaüont. TO GAUGE A SQUARE VESSEL. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth, and then divide by 282 fur beer or ale, (the inches in a beer or ale gallon,) and by 231 for vrine,... | |
| Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1815 - 250 pages
...length, breadth and depth of any square box being given, to find how many bushels it will contain. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth, divide the last product by 2150,425 the solid inches in a statute busheli and the quotient will be... | |
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