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" From eight times the chord of half the arc, subtract the chord of the whole arc, and divide the remainder by 3, and the quotient will be the length of the arc, nearly. "
Ticknor's Mensuration, Or, Square and Triangle: Being a Practical and ... - Page 68
by Almon Ticknor - 1849 - 144 pages
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The American House Carpenters' and Joiners' Assistant: Being a New and Easy ...

Lucius D. Gould - Carpentry - 1853 - 234 pages
...square of the circumference to the area. To find the Length of any Arc of a Circle. Rule 1. — From 8 times the chord of half the arc, subtract the chord of the whole arc ; one-third of the remainder will be the length of the arc nearly. Rule 2. — As 180 is to the number...
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Cyclopedia of Architecture: Historical, Descriptive, Typographical ...

Robert Stuart - Architecture - 1854 - 1272 pages
...180: 30 Or 6 : 1 : : 282744 : 47124 Or 3 : 30 : : '05236 X 9 : 47124 90 47*24 answer. Rule 2. From 8 times the chord of half the arc subtract the chord of the whole arc, and -i- of the remainder will be the length of the arc nearly. Ex. 2. The chord AB (Prob. 8,) of the whole...
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Mensuration of lines, areas, surfaces, and volumes

Robert Rawson - 1856 - 200 pages
...5767 22..30 -4142136 3420 45.. 1-0000000 5869 Approximate Rule (usually called Huygens- Theorem-). From eight times the chord of half the arc, subtract the chord of the whole arc, and one third of the remainder will he the length of the arc, nearly. ADB — FORMULA. AD — AB EXAMPLE....
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The Mechanic's Text-book and Engineer's Practical Guide ...

Mechanical engineering - 1855 - 420 pages
...and ^^f'5625 = 2074-225 ft., the radius. To find the length of any given arc of a circle. Rule. — From eight times the chord of half the arc subtract the chord of the whole arc, and one third of the remainder is equal the length of the arc. MENSURATION. Required the length of the...
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The American House Carpenters' and Joiners' Assistant

Lucius D. Gould - 1857 - 464 pages
...square of the circumference to the area. To fimd the Length of any Arc of a Circle. .RuZe 1.—From 8 times the chord of half . the arc, subtract the chord of the whole arc ; one-third of the remainder will be the length of the arc nearly. .Rule 2.—As 180 is to the number...
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A Treatise on Practical Mensuration

Anthony Nesbit - Measurement - 1859 - 494 pages
...BonnycastleTi Astronomy, page 277. PROBLEM XIV. To find the length of any arc of a circle. RULE I. From 8 times the chord of half the arc subtract the chord of the whole arc, and ^ of the remainder will be the length of the arc, nearly. Note 1. — Half the chord of the whole arc,...
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Plane Trigonometry ...

Isaac Todhunter - 1860 - 318 pages
...e9^"'', and J(lc*)=nc- 1, 13. Prove the following rule for finding the length of a small circular arc ; from eight times the chord of half the arc subtract the chord of the whole arc, and one-third of the remainder will give the length of the arc nearly. 14. From the identical equation...
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Commercial class book

Alfred Newsom Niblett - 1861 - 204 pages
...as the line AB ; and the versed sine is part of the diameter cut off hy the chord. RULES. 1. From 8 times the chord of half the arc subtract the chord of the whole arc, and J of the remainder will be the length of the arc, nearly. 2. Divide the square of half the chord by...
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Study of Steam and the Marine Engine for Young Sea Officers in H.M. Navy ...

S. M. Saxby - Marine engines - 1862 - 200 pages
...Half radius multiplied by the length of the arc equals the area. KB. To find the length of an arc. From eight times the chord of half the arc subtract the chord of the whole arc, and take one third the remainder for the length of the arc nearly. For the segment or any part of a circle...
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Mathematics for Practical Men: Being a Common-place Book of Principles ...

Olinthus Gregory - 1863 - 482 pages
...s' = 80 Area of the dodecagon = 4480 : the true area is 4478-46. 3. Length of circular arc. From 8 times the chord of half the arc, subtract the chord of the whole arc, and $ of the remainder will be the length of the arc, nearly. Note. — The chord of half the arc is equal...
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