 ... or 2-53, according as the primary divisions are taken as hundreds, tens, or units. General Rule. — To take off any number to three places of figures upon this vernier scale. Increase the first figure by one; subtract the third figure from the second,...  APPLETONS' CYCLOPAEDIA OF DRAWING - Page 20by W.E. WORTHEN - 1857Full view - About this book
 | John Fry Heather - 1849 - 202 pages
...53, according as the primary divisions are taken as hundreds, tens, or units. General Rule. — To take off any number to three places of figures upon...necessary, and extend the compasses from the division upon * If the vernier scale were placed to the left of the zero point, a distance less than one primary... | |
 | John F. Heather - Scientific apparatus and instruments - 1849 - 208 pages
...2.53, according as the primary divisions are taken as hundreds, tens, or units. General Rule. — To take off any number to three places of figures upon...borrowing one from the first increased figure, if ne^ cessary, and extend the compasses from the division upon * If the vernier scale were placed to... | |
 | Thomas Baker - Railroads - 1850 - 244 pages
...hundredths, tens, or units. GENERAL RULE. — To take any number to three places of figures from this center scale. — Increase the first figure by one; subtract...remaining after performing the above subtraction. DIRECTIONS CONCERNING PLOTTING EXTENSIVE SURVEYS FROM THIS SCALE. During the time necessarily occupied... | |
 | Sir Henry Edward Landor Thuillier - Surveying - 1851 - 826 pages
...2.53, according as the primary divisions are taken as hundreds, tens, or units. General Rule. — To take off any number to three places of figures upon...first increased figure, if necessary, and extend the * If the vernier scale were placed to the left of the zero point, a distance less than one primary... | |
 | John Fry Heather - Astronomical instruments - 1851 - 208 pages
...point, a distance less than one primary division could not always be found upon the scale. cessary, and extend the compasses from the division upon the...remaining after performing the above subtraction. Suppose it were required to take off the number 253-5. By extending the compasses from the third division... | |
 | Lucius D. Gould - Carpentry - 1853 - 234 pages
...2-53, according as the primary divisions are taken as hundreds, tens, or units. General Rule. — To take off any number to three places of figures upon...remaining after performing the above subtraction. Suppose it were required to take off the number 253-5. By extending the compasses from the 3d division... | |
 | Lucius D. Gould - 1857 - 464 pages
...253, according as the primary divisions are taken as hundreds, tens, or units. GeizeraZ 1?uZe.—To take off any number to three places of figures upon...remaining after performing the above subtraction. Suppose it were required to take off the number 2535. By extending the compasses from the 3d division... | |
 | William Ezra Worthen - Architectural drawing - 1857 - 650 pages
...2'53, according as the primary divisions are taken as hundreds, tens, or units. General ruU. — To take off any number to three places of figures upon...remaining after performing the above subtraction. On some of the plain scales in the instrument boxes will be found divisions marked as in fig. C4. Many... | |
 | John Fry Heather - Angles (Geometry) - 1859 - 198 pages
...2-53, according as the primary divisions are taken as hundreds, tens, or units. General Rule. — To take off any number to three places of figures upon...borrowing one from the first increased figure, if ne* If the vernier scale were placed to the left of the zero point, a distance less than one primary... | |
 | John Fry Heather - Mathematical instruments - 1866 - 228 pages
...2'53, according as the primary divisions are taken as hundreds, tens, or units General Rule. — To take off any number to three places of figures upon...borrowing one from the first increased figure, if ne* If the vernier scale were placed to the left of the zero point, a distance less than one primary... | |
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