The Tutor's Guide: Being a Complete System of Arithmetic; with Various Branches in the Mathematics. To which is Added an Appendix, Containing Different Forms of Acquittances, Bills of Exchange, &c. &c |
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... round Timber , or 50 Feet of hewn Timber , are one Solid Foot . Yard . Tonor Load . A Solid Yard of Earth is called a Load . 108 Solid Feet ( i . e . ) 12 Feet long , 3 Feet broad , and 3 Feet deep , or commonly 14 Feet long , 3 Feet 1 ...
... round Timber , or 50 Feet of hewn Timber , are one Solid Foot . Yard . Tonor Load . A Solid Yard of Earth is called a Load . 108 Solid Feet ( i . e . ) 12 Feet long , 3 Feet broad , and 3 Feet deep , or commonly 14 Feet long , 3 Feet 1 ...
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... round the Sun , in the Centre of the System , is about 81,000,000 of Miles , that of Venus 59,000,000 : when they are both on the same Side of the Sun , they are in Perigao ; when on different Sides , in Apogæo . What is the Difference ...
... round the Sun , in the Centre of the System , is about 81,000,000 of Miles , that of Venus 59,000,000 : when they are both on the same Side of the Sun , they are in Perigao ; when on different Sides , in Apogæo . What is the Difference ...
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... round the Terres- trial Globe , which is 360 Degrees , and each Degree 69 Miles ? ( 40 ) In 64 Acres of Land , how many Roods and Poles ? ( 41 ) Reduce 21760 Poles to Acres . ( 42 ) A common Field , containing 774 Acres , is to be ...
... round the Terres- trial Globe , which is 360 Degrees , and each Degree 69 Miles ? ( 40 ) In 64 Acres of Land , how many Roods and Poles ? ( 41 ) Reduce 21760 Poles to Acres . ( 42 ) A common Field , containing 774 Acres , is to be ...
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... round its Centre . ( 72 ) With what Force ought that Water - wheel to be driven , which , circumstanced as in the last Question , raises 3 Cubic Feet of Water at every Revolution of the Wheel , each experimentally weighing 624lb . Avoir ...
... round its Centre . ( 72 ) With what Force ought that Water - wheel to be driven , which , circumstanced as in the last Question , raises 3 Cubic Feet of Water at every Revolution of the Wheel , each experimentally weighing 624lb . Avoir ...
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... round it both the same Way at the same Instant of Time ; A goes 11 Toises in 2 Minutes , and B 17 in 3. The Question is , how many Times will they surround this Wood before the nimbler overtakes the slower ? ( 13 ) If a Lever , 40 ...
... round it both the same Way at the same Instant of Time ; A goes 11 Toises in 2 Minutes , and B 17 in 3. The Question is , how many Times will they surround this Wood before the nimbler overtakes the slower ? ( 13 ) If a Lever , 40 ...
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Page 77 - ... dollars. How many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? Ans.
Page 126 - There is a fish whose head is 6 inches long, and the tail is as long as the head and half the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail ; what is the length of the whole fish?
Page 165 - Opposite to each dividend, on the left hand, place such a number for a divisor, as will bring it to the next superior denomination, and draw a line between them.
Page 141 - Now .} of f- is a compound fraction, whose value is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 248 - Multiply the circumference of the base by the slant height or length of the side, and half the product 'will be the surface.
Page 172 - Reduce the fraction to its lowest terms, then extract the square root of the numerator for a new numerator, and the square root of the denominator for a new denominator.
Page 95 - A» the Amount of 100/ at the Rate and Time given : is to 100/ : : so is the Amount given : to the Principal required.
Page 137 - Hence, when the extremes and the number of terms are given, to find the sum of all the terms,- — Multiply £ the sum of the extremes by the number of terms, and the product will be the answer.
Page 142 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under this sum write the denominator.
Page 227 - To fold the area of a Parallelogram, whether it be a Square, a Rectangle, a Rhombus, or a Rhomboides. RULE. Multiply the length by the height or perpendicular breadth, and the product will be the area.* * *DEMONSTSATION.