The Accomplished Tutor; Or, Complete System of Liberal Education:: Containing the Most Improved Theory and Practice of the Following Subjects: 1. English Grammar, and Elocution. 2. Penmanship, and Short Hand. 3. Arithmetic, Vulgar and Decimal ... 18. Drawing, Engraving, and Painting. And Other Useful Matter. Embellished with Twenty Copper-plates and Six Maps, Neatly Engraved, Volume 2H. D. Symonds, Paternoster Row; and Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, Poultry., 1806 - Arithmetic - 458 pages |
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... which follow : - The plane fcale is a mathematical instrument of most ex- tenfive use , commonly two feet in length . The lines ufually VOL . II . N drawn drawn upon it , are the following : -1 . OF TRIGONOMETRY . 89.
... which follow : - The plane fcale is a mathematical instrument of most ex- tenfive use , commonly two feet in length . The lines ufually VOL . II . N drawn drawn upon it , are the following : -1 . OF TRIGONOMETRY . 89.
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... feet of the one being directly oppofite to the feet of the other . These lie under opposite meridians , and oppofite parallels : it is noon- day with the one , when it is midnight with the other ; the longest day with the one , is the ...
... feet of the one being directly oppofite to the feet of the other . These lie under opposite meridians , and oppofite parallels : it is noon- day with the one , when it is midnight with the other ; the longest day with the one , is the ...
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... feet of the observer , are called the zenith and nadir . 22. The zenith is that pole of the horizon directly over the obferver's head . 23. The nadir is the oppofite pole of the horizon , or that directly under the obferver's feet . A ...
... feet of the observer , are called the zenith and nadir . 22. The zenith is that pole of the horizon directly over the obferver's head . 23. The nadir is the oppofite pole of the horizon , or that directly under the obferver's feet . A ...
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... feet , a fmall infect , placed upon the globe , would fee only a very small portion of its furface ; but it would fee one half of the furface of the ftarry fphere , the convexity of the globe hiding the other half from its view . If the ...
... feet , a fmall infect , placed upon the globe , would fee only a very small portion of its furface ; but it would fee one half of the furface of the ftarry fphere , the convexity of the globe hiding the other half from its view . If the ...
Page 130
... feet between the greatest and leaft depth of the water in one day , or between high and low water ; and sometimes it is only twelve feet . The greatest flow of tide in any place is called a Spring tide , and the leaft flow is called a ...
... feet between the greatest and leaft depth of the water in one day , or between high and low water ; and sometimes it is only twelve feet . The greatest flow of tide in any place is called a Spring tide , and the leaft flow is called a ...
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