The Mechanic's Assistant: A Thorough Practical Treatise on Mensuration and the Sliding Rule: Teaching the Manner of Drawing All Regular Superficies ... Treating Also of the Laws of Motion, the Descent of Falling Bodies, the Strength of Materials, the Mechanical Powers, the Elasticity and Force of Steam, Specific Gravities, Levelling, the Pendulum, Etc., Adapted for the Use of Carpenters, Shipwrights ... and Artisans Generally

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D. Appleton, 1850 - Measurement - 270 pages
 

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Extraction of the Cube Root on the Sliding Rule Tables of Long Square Cubic Dry and Liquid Measures Four Methods of raising a Perpendicular
41
MENSURATION OF SUPERFICIES 14 The Square
44
The Rectangle
47
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Rhombus
50
Rhomboid
52
Trapezoid 19 Triangle
53
Trapezium
58
Regular Polygons
61
The Circle
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Circular Annulus
80
Circular Sector
81
Circular Segments
83
Circular Zone
89
Lune
90
Ellipse
91
Parabola
96
Hyperbola
100
Cycloid
106
Irregular Boundary
107
MENSURATION OF SOLIDS
109
Cube
110
Parallelopiped
113
Prisms
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Cylinder
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The Five Regular Solids
128
Frustums of Pyramids
131
Cone
134
Frustum of a Cone
135
Paragraphs Page 44 Prismoid
139
Sphere
141
Spherical Sector and Segments
144
Spherical Zone
147
Middle Frustums of Spindles
158
Irregular Solids
160
Wedges 41 44 44 47
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Tonnage of Ships method of computing
171
Coalpit method of finding the solidity
172
Grindstones
173
Levelling Curvature of the Earth c
174
Mensuration of Heights and Distances
178
Important Geometrical Ratios
182
Rules for the Solution of Difficult Problems
183
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Capacities of Superficies and Solids
199
Specific Gravity of Bodies
200
On the Weight of Bodies
205
Weight and Value of Coins
210
Piling of Balls and Shells
211
Laws of Falling Bodies
213
Projectiles Range Altitude c
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Mensuration of Distances by the Velocity of Sound
220
Properties of Air and of Water
221
Expansibility and Force of Steam
225
The Pendulum
226
Laws of Motion
228
Simple Mechanical Powers and Machinery
232
Strength and Elasticity of Materials
246
Miscellaneous Examples
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GAUGE POINTS 14 15 19 21 22 33 34 36 82
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Gauge Points for capacities bushels gallons c 58 for the weight of bodies 69 for superficies solids weight of bodies c 82
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Timber Measurement 33

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12 inches 12 rods 20 feet 30 inches absciss altitude avoirdupois base beam body breadth bung diameter bushels called cask centre chord circle circular segment circumference cone contain cube root cubic inches curve cylinder degrees diam diameter difference distance divide the product divisor edge ellipse equal EXAMPLES extract the square feet long feet per second find the area Find the content find the number find the solidity foot frustum gauge point given number head diameter height hyperbola hypotenuse imperial gallons inches in diameter lever major axis middle diameter middle frustum miles minor axis Multiply the square nearly number of acres octagon ordinate parallel perpendicular plane polygon pounds prism pyramid quotient radius rectangle remainder rhombus right angles rods semi-major axis slider sliding rule specific gravity sphere square inch square root subtract thickness triangular ungula velocity versed sine vertex vessel wheel wine gallons yards

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TitleThe Mechanic's Assistant: A Thorough Practical Treatise on Mensuration and the Sliding Rule: Teaching the Manner of Drawing All Regular Superficies ... Treating Also of the Laws of Motion, the Descent of Falling Bodies, the Strength of Materials, the Mechanical Powers, the Elasticity and Force ...
AuthorD. M. Knapen
PublisherD. Appleton, 1850
Original fromUC Southern Regional Library Facility
Digitized14 Oct 2014
Length270 pages
  
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