Engineers' and Mechanics' Pocket-book: Containing United States and Foreign Weights and Measures; Tables of Areas and Circumferences of Circles, Circular Segments and Zones of a Circle ... |
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12 inches abscissa angle anthracite coal avoirdupois axis ball base beam body Boilers breadth capacity Cast Iron cent chord circle circumference coal conjugate Copper cube root cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches decimals deflexion denominator depth of hold Diam difference dimensions distance divide draught engine equal EXAMPLE EXAMPLE.-What feet in length feet per second find the Area find the Solidity Fire and Flue fluid force fraction frustrum given grains half the arc heat inches diameter inches in diameter inches of mercury mercury metal miles minute multiply perpendicular Pine pipe plane pressure proportion quotient radius revolutions revolving rope RULE RULE.-Multiply segment shaft side Smoke Pipes specific gravity spindle square feet square inch square root steam cylinder stroke of piston subtract TABLE Continued temperature thickness tons transverse triangle valve velocity versed sine vessel VULGAR FRACTIONS Water Wheels wrought iron yards