Mensuration and Practical Geometry: Containing Tables of Weights and Measures, Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, Mensuration of Areas, Lines, Surfaces, and Solids ... To which is Appended a Treatise on the Carpenter's Slide-rule and GaugingHarper & brothers, 1858 - 322 pages |
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... Equal to , as 12 inches = 1 foot , or 8 × 8 = 16 × 4 . Plus , or more , signifies addition ; as 4 + 6 + 5 = 15 . Minus , or less , signifies subtraction ; as 15-5 = 10 . Multiplied by , or into , signifies multiplication ; as 8x9 = 72 ...
... Equal to , as 12 inches = 1 foot , or 8 × 8 = 16 × 4 . Plus , or more , signifies addition ; as 4 + 6 + 5 = 15 . Minus , or less , signifies subtraction ; as 15-5 = 10 . Multiplied by , or into , signifies multiplication ; as 8x9 = 72 ...
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... equal to 1 1 1 a39 al ' a2 ' etc. sin . - 1a , cos.1a , etc. Signify the arc or angle , the sine or cosine , etc. , of which is a , the arc or angle being expressed in terms of the radius , as the unit , unless other- wise stated . If A ...
... equal to 1 1 1 a39 al ' a2 ' etc. sin . - 1a , cos.1a , etc. Signify the arc or angle , the sine or cosine , etc. , of which is a , the arc or angle being expressed in terms of the radius , as the unit , unless other- wise stated . If A ...
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... 66 Gunter's Chain is 4 poles or 22 yards in length , and has 100 equal links of .666 of a foot , or 7.92 inches . 80 chains 1 mile . Foreign . GREAT BRITAIN . Imperial yard FRANCE . Mile MEASURES AND WEIGHTS POLYGONS 59 Measures of Length.
... 66 Gunter's Chain is 4 poles or 22 yards in length , and has 100 equal links of .666 of a foot , or 7.92 inches . 80 chains 1 mile . Foreign . GREAT BRITAIN . Imperial yard FRANCE . Mile MEASURES AND WEIGHTS POLYGONS 59 Measures of Length.
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... equal to , or less than the denominator ; as 4 , 7 , & c . An Improper fraction is the reverse of a proper one ; as ... equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the numerator by the denominator ; thus 12 is equal to 3 , 21 is equal to ...
... equal to , or less than the denominator ; as 4 , 7 , & c . An Improper fraction is the reverse of a proper one ; as ... equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the numerator by the denominator ; thus 12 is equal to 3 , 21 is equal to ...
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... equal to . ADDITION OF DECIMALS . RULE . - Set the numbers under each other , according to the value of their places , as in whole numbers , in which po- sition the decimal points will stand directly under each other . Then , beginning ...
... equal to . ADDITION OF DECIMALS . RULE . - Set the numbers under each other , according to the value of their places , as in whole numbers , in which po- sition the decimal points will stand directly under each other . Then , beginning ...
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12 inches 15 feet 20 feet 20 inches abscissa acres angle ascertain the Area ascertain the Contents base breadth cask Centre of Gravity chord of half Circular Spindle circumference cone conic section contents in cubic contents required convex surface cube cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches curve cycloid cylinder decimals diam divided equal eter EXAMPLE EXAMPLE.-The diameter EXAMPLE.-What figure fraction gauge point geometrical centre give the contents half the arc head diameter Hence hexahedron hyperbola hyperboloid Hyperboloid of Revolution inches in diameter inscribed sphere length less diameter linear edge Loomis's middle diameter middle frustrum miles multiply the sum ordinate parabolic spindle perpendicular prism product will give prolate spheroid pyramid quired quotient radii radius remainder result required rule sector segment slant height spherical square root subtract surface required transverse diameter triangle ungula versed sine vertex volume VULGAR FRACTIONS yards zone
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Page 45 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, • called degrees, each degree into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds, etc.
Page 22 - To reduce a compound fraction to an equivalent simple one. RULE. — Multiply all the numerators together for a numerator, and all the denominators together for the denominator, and they will form the simple fraction sought.
Page 22 - To reduce a whole number to an equivalent fraction, having a given denominator. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the given denominator, and place the product over the said denominator, and it will form the fraction required.
Page 22 - To reduce an improper fraction to its equivalent whole or mixed number. RULE. — Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quotient will be the whole or mixed number sought.
Page 31 - ... from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 39 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 20 - Divide by any number that will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder, and set the quotients, together with the undivided numbers, in a line beneath.
Page 69 - ... troublesome and laborious that it must have cost him incredible pains. It is said to have been thought so curious a performance, that the numbers were cut on his tomb-stone in St. Peter's Church-yard at Leyden.
Page 84 - FIND the area of the sector having the same arc with the segment, by the last problem. Find also the area of the triangle, formed by the chord of the segment and the two radii of the sector.