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" From half the sum of the three sides subtract each side ; multiply the half sum and the three remainders together, and the square root of the product will be the area required. "
A handbook of practical gauging - Page 10
by Janes Boddely Keene - 1861
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Mathematics: Compiled from the Best Authors and Intended to be the ..., Volume 2

Mathematics - 1801 - 658 pages
...opposite angles in it is equal to two right angles, or i8r°. Multiply the four remainders continually together, and the square root of the last product will be the area of die trar < » pezmm. EXAMPLE^. In order to, facilitate the demonstration of the rule, it is thought...
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The principles of architecture, Volume 1

Peter Nicholson - 1809 - 426 pages
...whose three sides only are given. From the half sum of the three sides, subtract each side severally; multiply the half sum and the three remainders together, and the square root of the product will be the area required. EXAMPLE I. Rcquireth the area of a triangle ABC, whose three sides...
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A Treatise on Surveying, Containing the Theory and Practice: To which is ...

John Gummere - Surveying - 1814 - 398 pages
...three sides subtract each side severally ; multiply the half sum and the three remainders contiuually together, and the square root of the last product will be the area.* * DEMONSTRATION. Let ABC, Fig. 69, be llje triangle. Bisect any two of the angles, BAC, ABC, by the...
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The complete measurer: or, The whole art of measuring, containing the ...

Thomas Keith - 1817 - 306 pages
...the three sides together, and take half that sum ; subtract each side separately from the half sum, then multiply the half sum and the three remainders...together, and the square root of the last product will give the area I. Example. * Demonstration. The truth of this rule is obvious, because a triangle is...
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A Treatise on Practical Mensuration in Eight Parts ...

Anthony Nesbit - Surveying - 1824 - 476 pages
...three sides subtract each side severally ; multiply the half sum and the three remainders continually together; and the square root of the last product will be the area of the triangle. Jvofe t. If a triangle be accurately laid down, from a pretty large scale of iqual...
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A Treatise on Gunter's Scale, and the Sliding Rule: Together with a ...

George Curtis - Lumber - 1824 - 132 pages
...severally, noting down the remainders ; then multiply the half sum and the three remalftders continually together, and the square root of the last product will be the Area. EXAMPLE. Suppose a Triangle whose three sides are .30, 26, and 22. Sides, 30^-25+22 sum 78-^2=39=—...
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A Popular Course of Pure and Mixed Mathematics ...: With Tables of ...

Peter Nicholson - Mathematics - 1825 - 1046 pages
...whose three sides only are given. From the half sum of the three sides, subtract each side severally ¡ multiply the half sum and the three remainders together, and the square root of the product will be the area required. Едг. Requireth the area of a triangle ABC, whose three »ides...
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The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist: Being a Practical ..., Volume 1

John Nicholson - Machinery - 1825 - 822 pages
...half sum subtract each side separately; multiply the half sum and the three remainders continually together ; and the square root of the last product will be the area of the triangle. Ex. Required the area of the triangle whose base is 6 feet, and perpendicular height...
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The operative mechanic, and British machinist

John Nicholson (civil engineer.) - Great Britain - 1825 - 1008 pages
...the half sum subtract each lide separately ; multiply the half sum and the three remainders coni-illy together ; and the square root of the last product will be the irea of the triangle. Ex. Required the area of the triangle whose base is 6 feet, and terpendicular...
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The Youth's Assistant in Theoretick and Practical Arithmetic

Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1826 - 176 pages
...half sum subtract each side separately ; multiply the half sum and the three remainders continually together, and the square root of the last product will be the area of the triangle. Examples. 1. How many square feet in a triangle whose base is 40 feet, and height...
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