 ... 07958 in using the circumferences j then taking one-third of the product, to multiply by the length, for the content. Ex. 1. To find the number of solid feet in a piece of timber, whose bases are squares, each side of the greater end being 15 inches,...  Elementary Course of Geometry ... - Page 5by Charles William Hackley - 1847 - 103 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1855 - 340 pages
...=16 area of upper base = 9 mean of bases = 12 ^37 height 7 3) J59 . solidity =86^ solid ft2 What is the number of solid feet in a piece of timber whose bases are squares, each side of the lower base being 15 inches, and each side of the upper base being 6 inches, the length being 24 feet... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre, Charles Davies - Geometry - 1857 - 442 pages
...proportional between them, and then multiply the sum by one•third of the altitude (B. VII., p. 18). Ex. 1. To find the number of solid feet in a piece...timber, whose bases are squares, each side of the lower base being 15 inches, and each side of the upper base 6 inches the altitude being 24 feet. Ans.... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Griffiths - Artillery - 1859 - 426 pages
...the other end, so is the area of the base to the mean proportional required. Example. — Required the number of solid feet in a piece of timber, whose...each side of the less end 6 inches; also the length of the perpendicular altitude 24 feet. 15 X 15 = 225, area of the base. 6 X 6 = 36, area of the top.... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Griffiths - 1859 - 422 pages
...the other end, so is the area of the base to the mean proportional required. Example. — Required the number of solid feet in a piece of timber, whose...the greater end being 15 inches, and each side of tne less end 6 inches; also the length of the perpendicular altitude 24 feet. , 15X15 = 225, area of... | |
 | Thomas Baker (C.E.) - 1865 - 174 pages
...the greater end 20, and at the less end 10 feet? Ans. 464-205 cubic feet. 4. How many solid feet are in a piece of timber, whose bases are squares, each...inches ; also the length, or perpendicular altitude is 24 feet? Ans. 19^ cubic feet. 5. To find the content of the frustrum of a cone, the altitude being... | |
 | C. Davies - 1867 - 342 pages
...=;16 area of upper base = 9 mean of bases —12 ~37 height 7 3) 259^ solidity =86$ sol1d ft2 What is the number of solid feet in a piece of timber whose bases are squares, each side of the lower base being 15 inches, and each side of the upper base being 6 inches, ihe length being 24 feet... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Griffiths - 1868 - 540 pages
...the other end, so is the area of the base to the mean proportional required. Example. — Required the number of solid feet in a piece of timber, whose...end being 15 inches, and each side of the less end 0 inches; also the length of the perpendicular altitude 24 feet. 15X15 = 225, area of the base. 6 X... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1872 - 464 pages
...tk1rd of the altitude ; the product will be the volume required. EXAMPLES. 1. Find the number of cubic feet in a piece of timber,, whose bases are squares, each side of the lower base being. 15 inches, and each side of the upper base 6 inches, the altitude being 24 feet.... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1874 - 500 pages
...of the altitude ; the, product will be tJie volume required. EXAMPLES. 1. Find the number of cubic feet in a piece of timber, whose bases are squares, each side of the lower base being 15 inches, and each side of the upper base C inches, the altitude being 24 feet. Ans.... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1877 - 458 pages
...triangular pyramid whose altitude is 25 feet, and each side of the base 4 feet ? 6. What is the volume .of a piece of timber whose bases are squares, each side of the lower base being 14 inches, and each side of the upper base 12 inches, the altitude being 25 feet?... | |
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