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66 white abscissa Area of Zone Atmospheric Railway avoirdupois axle boiler brass centre chord circle circular circular segments Circum circumference cone connecting-rod copper Country or Place crank Cube Root cubic feet cubic foot cubic inch curve cylinder cylinder in inches Dauphiny Decimal or Reciprocal diame distance driving wheels eccentric-rod Ellipse equal EXAMPLE.-Required find the Area find the Solidity fire-box Fraction or Numb Frustum fulcrum fulcrum and valve Gallons gauge give the solidity given number Height Length Height of Arc horses Hyperbola iron Length of Arc leverage locomotive locomotive engine mile multiply the sum North Shields Number ordinate Parabola piston Pound pressure Prussia quotient radius Railway revolving axis RULE RULE.-Multiply shaft side spindle square inch Square Root steam stroke subtract thickness transverse diameter trapezium tubes Value of British valve velocity Volume yards