The Stone Arithmetic, Book 3Benj. H. Sanborn, 1926 - Arithmetic |
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Page 108 - PERIPHERY of a circle is its entire bounding line ; or it is a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 117 - By use of a triangle and a ruler, draw a line through a given point parallel to a given line.
Page 218 - The figure in the margin is a right circular cone. The base is a circle. The lateral surface tapers uniformly to a point called the vertex. The straight line joining the vertex with the center of the base is the altitude. The distance from the vertex to any point in the circumference of the base is the slant height. The same kind of experiment shows the same relation between a cone and a cylinder as between a pyramid and a prism. 1. Give in words the relation expressed...
Page 216 - The number of cubic units in the volume of a cylinder is the product of the number of square units in the base and the number of linear units in the altitude.
Page 223 - The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Page 193 - ... that the area of the square on the hypotenuse equals the sum of the areas of the squares on the two legs.
Page 193 - In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides the legs.
Page 141 - The number of cubic units in any rectangular prism is equal to the product of the number of square units in the base and the number of linear units in the altitude.
Page 321 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.} = 1 Scruple, . . sc., or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram, . . dr., or 3 . 8 Drams = 1 Ounce, . . oz., or § . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . Ib., or ft,.
Page 322 - EQUIVALENTS 1000 cu. millimeters (cu. mm) = 1 cu. centimeter (cu. cm) = 0.06102 cu. in. 1000 cu. centimeters = 1 cu. decimeter (cu. dm) 1000 cu. decimeters = 1 cu. meter (cu. m) = 35.314 cu. ft. In measuring wood the cubic meter is called a stere (1 sf = 0.2759 cd.) ; a decistere (1 dst) is one tenth of a stere.