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... Figures ..... Definitions ... To construct a Parabola . To construct a Hyperbola .... Page 48 54 54 54 55 ...... 56 Arcs of a Circle . Sectors , Segments , and Zones ...... 63 18 Ungulas and Ellipses . Measures of Solidity . Measures of ...
... Figures ..... Definitions ... To construct a Parabola . To construct a Hyperbola .... Page 48 54 54 54 55 ...... 56 Arcs of a Circle . Sectors , Segments , and Zones ...... 63 18 Ungulas and Ellipses . Measures of Solidity . Measures of ...
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... figures within them are to be operated upon as if they were only one ; thus , ( 3 + 2 ) x5 = 25 . p is used to express the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter 3.1415926 , & c . A A'A " A " " signifies A , A prime , A ...
... figures within them are to be operated upon as if they were only one ; thus , ( 3 + 2 ) x5 = 25 . p is used to express the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter 3.1415926 , & c . A A'A " A " " signifies A , A prime , A ...
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... 10.74 Lisbon 12.96 Warsaw 66 14.03 Palmo 8.64 TABLE showing the relative length of Foreign Road Measures com-. FOREIGN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES . 17 FOREIGN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Regular Bodies, Irregular Figures, and Circles Measures of Length.
... 10.74 Lisbon 12.96 Warsaw 66 14.03 Palmo 8.64 TABLE showing the relative length of Foreign Road Measures com-. FOREIGN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES . 17 FOREIGN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Regular Bodies, Irregular Figures, and Circles Measures of Length.
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... figures that are more to the right hand than each multiplying figure , and set down the products , so that their right- hand figures may fall in a column straight below each other ; and observe to in- crease the first figure in every ...
... figures that are more to the right hand than each multiplying figure , and set down the products , so that their right- hand figures may fall in a column straight below each other ; and observe to in- crease the first figure in every ...
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... figures of the dividend , as usual . Let each remainder be a new dividend ; and for every such dividend leave out one figure more on the right - hand side of the divisor , carrying for the figures cut off as in Contraction of ...
... figures of the dividend , as usual . Let each remainder be a new dividend ; and for every such dividend leave out one figure more on the right - hand side of the divisor , carrying for the figures cut off as in Contraction of ...
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abscissa angle avoirdupois axis ball base beam body breadth caloric cast iron cent centre of gravity chord of half circle circumference column cone conjugate Convex Surface cosine cube root cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches curve cylinder decimals deflexion denominator depth Diam difference dimensions distance divisor ellipse Epact equal EXAMPLE EXAMPLE.-A EXAMPLE.-How EXAMPLE.-Reduce EXAMPLE.-What feet per second figure find the Area find the Solidity fluid force frustrum given number half the arc heat hour hyperbola less line A B Measures miles minute multiply number of terms ordinate ounces Parabola perpendicular pipe piston plane pressure proportion quantity quotient radius remainder revolutions revolutions per minute revolving RULE RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply Saturd'y segment side specific gravity square inch square root steam subtract TABLE Continued temperature thickness transverse triangle ungulas velocity versed sine VULGAR FRACTIONS wheel whole numbers wrought iron
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Page 24 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of...
Page 81 - Take the length of the keel within board (so much as she treads on the ground) and the breadth within board by the midship beam, from plank to plank, and half the breadth for the depth, then multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth, and divide the whole by 94; the quotient will give the true contents of the tonnage.
Page 32 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 56 - As the conjugate diameter is to the transverse, so is the square root of the difference of the squares of the ordinate and...
Page 204 - ... above the upper deck"; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and then deduct from the...
Page 63 - From the square of the diameter subtract the square of the chord, and extract the square root of the remainder. Subtract this root from the diameter, and half the remainder will give the versed sine of half the arc.
Page 37 - If the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer.
Page 190 - Secondly, on the supposition that the earth performs an annual revolution around the sun, it is embraced along with the planets, in Kepler's law, that the squares of the times are as the cubes of the distances ; otherwise, it forms an exception, and the only known exception, to this law.
Page 39 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 1 - Pocket-book, containing United States and Foreign Weights and Measures; Tables of Areas and Circumferences of Circles, Circular Segments, and Zones of a Circle; Squares and Cubes, Square and Cube Roots; Lengths of Circular and Semi-elliptic Arcs ; and Rules of Arithmetic. Mensuration of Surfaces and Solids; the Mechanical...