The Mechanic's Assistant: A Thorough Practical Treatise on Mensuration and the Sliding Rule: Teaching the Manner of Drawing All Regular Superficies, and the Contents of All Regular Solids, Both by Numbers and by the Sliding Rule. Treating Also of the Laws of Motion, the Descent of Falling Bodies, the Strength of Materials, the Mechanical Powers, the Elasticity and Force of Steam, Specific Gravities, Levelling, the Pendulum, Etc., Adapted for the Use of Carpenters, Shipwrights ... and Artisans GenerallyD. Appleton & Company, 1849 - 276 pages |
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... opposite any number of inches and eighths . On the face of the rule over the slider is a line of numbers called the A line . ( This line was invented by Mr. Edmund Gunter , who applied the logarithms of numbers to a rule , by taking the ...
... opposite any number of inches and eighths . On the face of the rule over the slider is a line of numbers called the A line . ( This line was invented by Mr. Edmund Gunter , who applied the logarithms of numbers to a rule , by taking the ...
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... opposite corners . Ans . 75 rods . 3. If a room is 9 feet in height , and 25 feet long , and 15 broad , what will be the length of a diagonal between the opposite corners ? Ans . 30.512+ feet . To find the diagonal in the above example ...
... opposite corners . Ans . 75 rods . 3. If a room is 9 feet in height , and 25 feet long , and 15 broad , what will be the length of a diagonal between the opposite corners ? Ans . 30.512+ feet . To find the diagonal in the above example ...
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... opposite side of the diameter ; and the point where the right line meets the arc will be perpendicular to the end of the given line : consequent- ly , draw the perpendicular through this point , and the thing is done . 4. Draw a right ...
... opposite side of the diameter ; and the point where the right line meets the arc will be perpendicular to the end of the given line : consequent- ly , draw the perpendicular through this point , and the thing is done . 4. Draw a right ...
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... opposite corners of a square - Extract the square root of twice the area . 6. A square field contains 90 acres of land ; I require the length of its side , and the distance between its opposite cor- Answers , 120 ; and 169.7 rods . ners ...
... opposite corners of a square - Extract the square root of twice the area . 6. A square field contains 90 acres of land ; I require the length of its side , and the distance between its opposite cor- Answers , 120 ; and 169.7 rods . ners ...
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... opposite sides being equal and parallel , and its four angles right angles . To find the area of a rectangle : - Multiply the length by the breadth . EXAMPLES . 1. What is the area of a board 8 inches long and 6 inches broad ? Ans . 48 ...
... opposite sides being equal and parallel , and its four angles right angles . To find the area of a rectangle : - Multiply the length by the breadth . EXAMPLES . 1. What is the area of a board 8 inches long and 6 inches broad ? Ans . 48 ...
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12 inches 12 rods 20 feet 30 inches absciss altitude avoirdupois base beam body breadth bung diameter bushels called cask centre chord circle circular segment circumference cone cube root cubic inches curve cylinder degrees diam diameter distance divide the product divisor edge ellipse equal EXAMPLES extract the square feet long feet per second find the area Find the content find the number find the solidity foot frustum gauge point given number head diameter height hyperbola hypotenuse imperial gallons inches in diameter lever major axis middle diameter middle frustum miles minor axis Multiply the square nearly number of acres number of teeth octagon ordinate parallel perpendicular plane polygon pounds prism pyramid quotient radius rectangle remainder rhombus right angles rods semi-major axis slider sliding rule specific gravity sphere square inch square root subtract thickness triangular ungula velocity versed sine vertex vessel wheel wine gallons yards