A Treatise on Practical Gauging1822 |
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Page viii
... if the dimensions be improperly taken , the results must always be incorrect ; notwithstanding the greatest accuracy may be used in finding the areas and contents . Every possible attention has been paid to the method of viii PREFACE .
... if the dimensions be improperly taken , the results must always be incorrect ; notwithstanding the greatest accuracy may be used in finding the areas and contents . Every possible attention has been paid to the method of viii PREFACE .
Page ix
... taken from Mr. Moss's Gauging ; they being more correct than any other that have fallen under our notice . They generally give the areas of circles rather more than the Rule by the Pen ; but sufficiently correct for every Purpose of ...
... taken from Mr. Moss's Gauging ; they being more correct than any other that have fallen under our notice . They generally give the areas of circles rather more than the Rule by the Pen ; but sufficiently correct for every Purpose of ...
Page x
... taken a survey of the subsequent Work , and made such introductory observations as we thought neces- sary ; it now only remains for us to solicit the indulgence of the Public , for any errors that may have escaped our notice . As the ...
... taken a survey of the subsequent Work , and made such introductory observations as we thought neces- sary ; it now only remains for us to solicit the indulgence of the Public , for any errors that may have escaped our notice . As the ...
Page xxv
... taken in Inches and Tenths , it is evident that the most appro- priate Introduction to a Treatise on Practical Gauging , must be a clear and concise View of Decimal Fractions . PART I Vulgar and Decimal Fractions , and Square and Cube ...
... taken in Inches and Tenths , it is evident that the most appro- priate Introduction to a Treatise on Practical Gauging , must be a clear and concise View of Decimal Fractions . PART I Vulgar and Decimal Fractions , and Square and Cube ...
Page xxvi
... taken . 4. When the numerator is less than the denominator , the fraction is less than unity , and is called a proper frac tion ; as one - quarter ; one - half ; three - quarters ; six - eighths , & c . 8 5. When the numerator is ...
... taken . 4. When the numerator is less than the denominator , the fraction is less than unity , and is called a proper frac tion ; as one - quarter ; one - half ; three - quarters ; six - eighths , & c . 8 5. When the numerator is ...
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40 inches ale gallons angle area and content area in square area in wine Area Seg barrels base bottom diameter breadth bung diameter cask centre chord circle cistern cone conjugate diameters contain content in ale content in cubic content in malt content in wine cooler copper cross diameters cube root cubic inches decimal diagonal Dimension Book dry inches ellipse EXAM EXAMPLES Excise figure find the area find the content foregoing frustum gauge and fix gauge and inch gauge-point given number guile-tun head hence liquor malt bushels mash-tun gallons mean diameter measure Method of Gauging middle diameter Multiply ordinates perpendicular depth pounds Prob PROBLEM quotient required the area required the content rhombus segment side Sliding Rule square divisor square inches square pyramid square root subtract take the dimensions top diameter trapezium triangle ullage ungula versed sine vulgar fraction wet inches whole content wine gallons
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Page 42 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Page 62 - ... are equal to two right angles. Let ABC be a triangle, and let one of its sides BC be produced to D ; the exterior angle ACD is equal to the two interior and opposite angles CAB, ABC ; and the three interior angles of the triangle, viz. ABC, BCA, CAB, are together equal to two right angles.
Page 182 - RULE.* To the sum of the areas of the two ends add four times the area of a section parallel to and equally distant from both ends, and this last sum multiplied by £ of the height will give the solidity.
Page 41 - A circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, which is every where equidistant from a certain point within it, called the centre.
Page 42 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center, Fig.
Page 16 - 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 41 - A Segment is any part of a circle bounded by an arc and its chord.
Page 496 - The length shall be taken on a straight Line along the Rabbet of the Keel of the Ship, from the Back of the Main sternpost to a perpendicular Line from the Forepart of the Main Stem under the Bowsprit...
Page 64 - ... proportionally : and if the sides, or the sides produced, be cut proportionally, the straight line which joins the points of section, shall be parallel to the remaining side of the triangle.