Easy Rules for the Measurement of Earthworks: By Means of the Prismoidal FormulaT.R. Gallender & Company, 1872 - 189 pages |
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altitude apply Arithmetical Mean base Borden calculation centre line Chapter common length correct cubature Cubic Feet cubic yards curves diagram diedral angle dimensions distance apart sections double area Double Interval earthwork solid end areas engineer equalizing line Equivalent Level Hights examples excavation and embankment figures frustum Geom Geometrical Mean Gillespie grade triangle ground line ground surface hights and widths horizontal Hutton's General Rule Hutton's Rule hypothetical mid-section illustrate initial prismoids intersection of slopes John Macneill KLMN mensuration method of computation modifications multiplied odd numbers ordinates parallel plane Pris Prismoid of Earthwork Prismoidal Formula Prismoidal Mean Area Pyramid railroad cut rectangles rectangular prismoid regular stations Rhomboidal Wedge right-lined solids road-bed Roots and Squares shown side-slopes Simpson's Rule Square of sum square roots stations of 100 superposed wedge suppose Surf.-slope Table Tabulated tion trapezium trapezoidal triangular prismoids usually vertical wedge and prism writers
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Page 1 - Wood-Cuts, Problems, and Examples, and concluded by an Extensive Table for finding the Solidity in cubic yards from Mean Areas. The whole being adapted for convenient use by Engineers, Surveyors, Contractors, and others needing Correct Measurements of Earthwork.