A Course of Mathematics: For the Use of Academies, as Well as Private Tuition ...S. Campbell & son, E. Duyckinck, 1822 - Mathematics |
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... method of effecting this will , of course , vary according to circumstances , and the precise em- ployments for which the pupils are destined : but in general it is presumed the following may be advantageously adopted . Let the first ...
... method of effecting this will , of course , vary according to circumstances , and the precise em- ployments for which the pupils are destined : but in general it is presumed the following may be advantageously adopted . Let the first ...
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... method of ascertaining the most probable magnitude and figure of the earth , from the ad- measurement of several degrees of the meridian , I found the ratio of the axis to the equatorial diameter , to be as 320 to to 321 , and the ...
... method of ascertaining the most probable magnitude and figure of the earth , from the ad- measurement of several degrees of the meridian , I found the ratio of the axis to the equatorial diameter , to be as 320 to to 321 , and the ...
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... method used by the Doctor appears to me to be erroneous ; but in order that such as would judge for themselves on this abstruse question , may have a fair oppor- tunity of deciding between us , the Doctor's solution is given as well as ...
... method used by the Doctor appears to me to be erroneous ; but in order that such as would judge for themselves on this abstruse question , may have a fair oppor- tunity of deciding between us , the Doctor's solution is given as well as ...
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... method of finding the an- swer . A Numerical or Numeral Solution , is the answer given in numbers . A Geometrical Solution , is the answer given by the principles of Geometry . And a Mechanical Solution , is one which is gained by ...
... method of finding the an- swer . A Numerical or Numeral Solution , is the answer given in numbers . A Geometrical Solution , is the answer given by the principles of Geometry . And a Mechanical Solution , is one which is gained by ...
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... Method in Geometry , is the art or mode of finding out the truth of a proposition , by first supposing the thing to be done , and then reasoning back , step by step , till we arrive at some known truth . - This is also called the Method ...
... Method in Geometry , is the art or mode of finding out the truth of a proposition , by first supposing the thing to be done , and then reasoning back , step by step , till we arrive at some known truth . - This is also called the Method ...
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ABCD abscisses altitude arithmetical arithmetical mean arithmetical progression axis base bisected breadth ca² CD² centre chord circle circumference circumscribed common cone consequently cube root curve cylinder DE² decimal denominator denotes diameter difference distance divide divisor draw ellipse equation equiangular EXAM EXAMPLES feet figure fraction frustum Geom geometrical geometrical progression given number gives greater half height Hence improper fraction inches inscribed length Let ABC line drawn logarithm manner measure multiply ordinates parabola parallel parallelogram perimeter perpendicular plane polygon prism PROBLEM proportional Q. E. D. Corol Q. E. D. THEOREM quantity QUEST quotient radius ratio rectangle Reduce right angles right line right-angled triangle rule Scholium segment side Ac sine sphere square root subtract surd surface tangent theor theref triangle ABC VULGAR FRACTIONS yards
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Page 312 - THE angle formed by a tangent to a circle, and a chord drawn from the point of contact, is equal to the angle in the alternate segment.
Page 292 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 2 - The sum of the three angles of any triangle is equal to two right angles, this is a Theorem, the truth of which is demonstrated by Geometry.
Page 189 - 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 293 - EBF, there are two angles in the one equal to two angles in the other, each to each ; and the...
Page 18 - The number to divide by, is the Divisor.- — And the number of times the dividend contains the divisor, is called the Quotient.
Page 280 - Similar figures, are those that have all the angles of the one equal to all the angles of the other, each to each, and the sides about the equal angles proportional.
Page 157 - Thus, the index or logarithm of 4, in the above series, is 2 ; and if this number be multiplied by 3, the product will be = 6 ; which is the logarithm of 64, or the third power of 4. And, if the logarithm of any number be divided by the index of its root, the quotient will be equal to the logarithm of that root.
Page 81 - Distinguish the given number into periods of two figures each, by putting a point over the place of units, another over the place of hundreds, and so on over every second figure, both to the left hand in integers, and to the right hand in decimals, which points will show the number of figures the root will consist of.
Page 278 - A Pentagon is a polygon of five sides ; a Hexagon, of six sides ; a Heptagon, seven; an Octagon, eight; a Nonagon, nine ; a Decagon, ten ; an Undecagon, eleven ; and 4 Dodecagon, twelve sides.