 Apply the straight edge of a thin, clear piece of lanthorn-horn to the crooked line, which is to be reduced, in such a manner, that the small parts cut off from the crooked figure by it, may be equal to those which are taken in : which equality of the...  A Treatise on Land-surveying, in Six Parts ... - Page 167by Thomas Dix (of Oundle.) - 1799 - 193 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Hutton - Geometry - 1770 - 518 pages
...performed thus : Stretch a horie hair over the crooked fides ib as that the fmall parts cut off the figure by it may be equal to thofe which are taken in, which equality of the parts you will prefently •be able to judge of by a little practice; then mark the ends of the... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Measurement - 1788 - 728 pages
...ftraight edge of a thin, clear piece of lanthorn-horn to the crooked line, which is to be reduced, in fuch a manner, that the fmall parts cut ~off from the crooked figure by it, maybe equal to thofe which are taken in : which equality of the parts included and excluded, you will... | |
 | Thomas Dix (of Oundle.) - Surveying - 1802 - 276 pages
...ones, by applying a straight piece of lantern-horn to the crooked line in such a manner, that the small parts cut off from the crooked figure by it, may be equal to those which are taken in, which equality of parts included and excluded may be very nicely judged of... | |
 | Samuel Webber - Mathematics - 1808 - 520 pages
...piece of Lantern horn to the crooked line, which is to be reduced in such- a manner, that the small parts, cut off from the crooked figure by it, may be equal to those, which are taken in ; which •equality of the parts included and excluded, you will presently... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 442 pages
...piece of lanthorn-horn to the crooked line, which is to be reduced, in such a manner, that the small parts cut off from the crooked figure by it, may be equal to those which are taken in : which equality of the parts included and excluded you v-rill presently be... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 620 pages
...piece of lanthorn-horn to the crooked line, which is to be reduced, in such a manner, that the small parts cut off from the crooked figure by it, may be equal to those which are taken in : which equality of the parts included and excluded you will presently be... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1834 - 370 pages
...thus : Apply a horse-hair or silk thread across the crooked sides in such a manner, that the small parts cut off from the crooked figure by it, may be equal to those taken in. A little practice will enable you to exclude exactly as much as you include ; then,... | |
 | Commissioners of National Education in Ireland - Measurement - 1837 - 284 pages
...performed, thus: Apply a horse-hair or silk thread across the crooked sides in such a manner, that the small parts cut off from the crooked figure by it, may be equal to those taken in. A little practice will enable you to exclude exactly as much as you include ; then,... | |
 | Sir Henry Edward Landor Thuillier - Surveying - 1851 - 826 pages
...lanternhorn or talc, to the crooked line, which is to be reduced, in such a manner, that the small parts cut off from the crooked figure by it, may be equal to those which are taken in, which giving and taking as it is called, can be judged of very nicely by... | |
 | Charles William Hackley - Trigonometry - 1851 - 524 pages
...clear piece of lantern-horn to the crooked line which is to be reduced, in such a manner that the small parts cut off from the crooked figure by it, may be equal to those which are taken in ; which equah'ty of the parts included and excluded you will presently be... | |
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