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1.-Required 12 feet 20 inches A B C D Abraham Sharp air pump angles avoirdupois beam body boiler breadth cast iron centesimal centre chord ciphers circle circular inch Circum circumference column contain cube root cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches cylinder decimal depth describe arcs cutting diameter in inches distance divide the product divisor engine equal EXAMPLE EXAMPLE.-Required Fahrenheit feet diameter feet long feet per minute find the diameter foot frustum hence imperial gallons inches broad inches diameter lever logarithm multiply the square nearly number of cubic number of horses number of revolutions perpendicular height piston pound pressure PROBLEM pulley pump's diameter quotient radius revolutions per minute RULE RULE.-Multiply sexagesimal shaft side solid content square inch square root steam TABLE teeth thickness toise tons velocity versed sine wheel wrought iron yards دو دو دو دو وو وو دو
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Page 74 - ... one of the most important, and at the same time, one of the least expensive and troublesome, which we possess.
Page 55 - The areas of circles are to each other as the squares of their diameters.
Page 22 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 55 - Area of a circle is equal to the area of a triangle whose base equals the circumference and perpendicular equals the radius.
Page 41 - Of four-sided figures, a square is that which has all its sides equal, and all its angles right angles.
Page 52 - Rule. Divide the square of half the chord by the versed sine ; to the quotient add the versed sine, and the sum will be the diameter, &c.
Page 121 - To find the capacity of a pipe or cylinder in gallons, multiply the square of the diameter in inches by the length in inches and by .0034.
Page 88 - These simple machines are the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw.
Page 22 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 42 - By 3, if the sum of the digits is divisible by 3. By 4, if its tens and units are together divisible by 4. By 5, if the units figure is 5 or 0.