The Tutor's Guide: Being a Complete System of Arithmetic; with Various Branches in the Mathematics ... To which is Added, an Appendix, Containing Different Forms of Acquittances, Bills of Exchange, &c. &c. ... |
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... Feet are a Geometrical Pace . 16 Feet are a Pole . ALSO , 4 Inches 3 Hands ' Breadth Hand or Hand's Breadth . Foot . make one Cubit . 2 Cubits Yard . 1 Foot By this Measure , distances of places , or any thing else that has Length only ...
... Feet are a Geometrical Pace . 16 Feet are a Pole . ALSO , 4 Inches 3 Hands ' Breadth Hand or Hand's Breadth . Foot . make one Cubit . 2 Cubits Yard . 1 Foot By this Measure , distances of places , or any thing else that has Length only ...
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... Feet in length , which is divided into 100 equal parts , called Links . Inches . Barley Corns . 7 2.76 Link . 25 Links Pole . 4 Poles or 100 Links make one . Chain . or 22 Yards 10 Chains Furlong . EXAMPLES . ( 29 ) In 42 Acres , how ...
... Feet in length , which is divided into 100 equal parts , called Links . Inches . Barley Corns . 7 2.76 Link . 25 Links Pole . 4 Poles or 100 Links make one . Chain . or 22 Yards 10 Chains Furlong . EXAMPLES . ( 29 ) In 42 Acres , how ...
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... Feet is one Rod of Brick Work . 100 Square Feet is one Square of Flooring . By this Measure are measured all Things in which Length and Breadth are only considered . EXAMPLES . ( 65 ) In 42 Square Yards , how many Square Inches ? ( 66 ) ...
... Feet is one Rod of Brick Work . 100 Square Feet is one Square of Flooring . By this Measure are measured all Things in which Length and Breadth are only considered . EXAMPLES . ( 65 ) In 42 Square Yards , how many Square Inches ? ( 66 ) ...
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... feet in front , let off to A. 57 feet , to build on at one end ; and to B. at first 27 feet , which he afterwards , by consent , extended to 42 feet . What ground was left me in the centre ? ( 19 ) If I am 42 years older than you now ...
... feet in front , let off to A. 57 feet , to build on at one end ; and to B. at first 27 feet , which he afterwards , by consent , extended to 42 feet . What ground was left me in the centre ? ( 19 ) If I am 42 years older than you now ...
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... feet thick , and some of them were 150 feet above the bed of the river ; they were also 170 feet asunder . Pray what was the width of the river in that place ? and how much did it exceed the length of Westminster bridge , which is about ...
... feet thick , and some of them were 150 feet above the bed of the river ; they were also 170 feet asunder . Pray what was the width of the river in that place ? and how much did it exceed the length of Westminster bridge , which is about ...
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acres amount annuity annum answer arithmetical progression avoirdupois bought Bushels chaldron ciphers common difference compound Copecs cost crown cube root decimal demand denominator diameter ditto Divide dividend divisor dwts ell English equal equation EXAMPLES exchange Exercise at leisure extract the square farthings feet figure Flemish frustum gain gallons given number given quantity guilders guineas half half-yearly hhds improper fraction Integer length London lowest terms MEASURE miles moidore months multiplicand number of days number of terms Ounces paid payable payment pence person piece Pints pounds pounds sterling present worth principal proceed proportion put to interest QUESTIONS for Exercise quotient rate per cent ready money Reduce remainder repetend RULE shillings side sold square root sterling subtract Table tare THEOREM third VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whole number wine yards yearly
Popular passages
Page 126 - There is a fish whose head is 6 inches long, and the tail is as long as the head and half the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail ; what is the length of the whole fish?
Page 141 - Now .} of f- is a compound fraction, whose value is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 135 - Any three of the five following things being given, the other two may be found. 1. The first term. 2. The last term. 3. The number of terms.
Page 77 - ... dollars. How many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? Ans.
Page 248 - Multiply the circumference of the base by the slant height or length of the side, and half the product 'will be the surface.
Page 179 - To find the aide of a cube that shall be equal in solidity to any given solid, as a globe, cylinder, prism, cone, Ifc.
Page 26 - Add the first column or denomination together, a» in whole numbers ; then divide the sum by as many of the same denomination as make one of the next greater, setting down the remainder under the column added, and carry the quotient to the next superior denomination, continuing the same to the last, which add, as in simple addition
Page 12 - When the divisor is large, the pupil will find assistance in determining the quotient figure, by finding how many times the first figure of the divisor is contained in the first figure, or if necessary, the first two figures of the dividend.
Page 265 - The workmen thought that substituting part silver was only a proper <perquisite; which taking air, Archimedes was appointed to examine it ; who, on putting...
Page 172 - Reduce the fraction to its lowest terms, then extract the square root of the numerator for a new numerator, and the square root of the denominator for a new denominator.