 | William Hawney - Arithmetic - 1721 - 376 pages
...confiderable ; for the Piece of Timber, thus meafur'd, will be more than the Truth, by a Piece, \rhofe Length is equal to the Length of the Piece of Timber to be meifnr'd, and the Square equal to half the Difference of the Breadth ana Depth, as I ihall here demonftrare.... | |
 | William Hawney - Arithmetic - 1775 - 372 pages
...very confiderable; for the Piece of Timber thus m«afured, will be more than the Truth, by a'Piece whofe Length is equal to the Length of the Piece of Timber to be meafured, and the Square equal to'half the Difference of the Breadth and Depth, as 1 fhall here deraonftrate. I fay, trie Sqnare GHIK... | |
 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1829 - 266 pages
...vety considerable; for the piece of timber thus measured will be more than the truth, by a piece whose length is equal to the length of the piece of timber to be mea. sured, and the «quare equal to half the difference of the breadth and depth. The answer to the... | |
 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1835 - 264 pages
...very considerable; for the piece of Umber thus measured will be more than the truth, bjr * piece whose length is equal to the length of the piece of timber to be measured, and the square equal to half the difference of the breadth and depth. The answer to the above... | |
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This error, though it. is b«! small, when the depth and breadth are pretty near equal, yet if the difference... 