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" ... prism, of which the two ends or bases are equal and similar plane triangles, and the three sides rectangular parallelograms ; and it is called rectangular, isosceles, or scalene, according as its equal and similar bases are composed of right angles,... "
Mechanics for Practical Men - Page 170
by Alexander Jamieson - 1845 - 238 pages
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A Treatise on Mechanics: Intended as an Introduction to the Study of Natural ...

Bewick Bridge - Mathematics - 1814 - 630 pages
...used for the separation of the parts of bodies, such as knives, axes, coulters, chissels, &c. &c. come under the general denomination of the wedge; but these instruments are made of such variety of shapes, and forces are applied to them in such various manners, that, of all the...
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An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book ..., Volume 1

Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1838 - 376 pages
...are used for the separation of the parts of bodies, such as knives, axes, coulters, and chisels, come under the general denomination of the wedge; but these instruments are made of such variety of shapes, and forces are applied to them in such various ways, that, of all the mechanical...
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An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book, for the Use ...

Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1844 - 618 pages
...are used for the separation of the parts of bodies, such as knives, axes, coulters, and chisels, come under the general denomination of the wedge ; but these instruments are made of such variety of shapes, and forces are applied to them in such various ways, that of all the mechanical...
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Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil ..., Volumes 1-2

John Weale - Architecture - 1850 - 590 pages
...rectangular, isosceles, or scalene, according as its equal and similar bases are composed of right angles, isosceles, or scalene triangles. As a mechanical power,...fall under the general denomination of the wedge. Weighboard, in mining, clay intersecting a vein Weight and power, when opposed to one another, signify...
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Rudimentary dictionary of terms used in architecture [&c.].

John Weale - 1850 - 590 pages
...bases are composed of right angles. isosceles, or scalene triangles. As a mechanical power, the wedce performs its office, sometimes in raising heavy bodies,...fall under the general denomination of the wedge. Weighboard, in mining, clay intersecting a vein Weight and power, when opposed to one another, signify...
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