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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... remainder annex the figures in the fol- lowing period . Double the root , and place it on the left hand for a divisor , and seek how often the divisor is contained in the dividend , ( always excepting the right - hand figure of the ...
... remainder annex the figures in the fol- lowing period . Double the root , and place it on the left hand for a divisor , and seek how often the divisor is contained in the dividend , ( always excepting the right - hand figure of the ...
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... remainders will be equal ; and conse- quently , the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the base and perpendicular . The base and perpendicular of a right - angled triangle being given , to find the hypotenuse ...
... remainders will be equal ; and conse- quently , the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the base and perpendicular . The base and perpendicular of a right - angled triangle being given , to find the hypotenuse ...
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... remainder . EXAMPLES . 1. If the diagonal of a rectangle be 50 rods , and its breadth 30 , what is its length ? Ans . 40 rods . 2. If the foot of a ladder 75 feet in length be 60 feet from the base of a wall , and the other end rests on ...
... remainder . EXAMPLES . 1. If the diagonal of a rectangle be 50 rods , and its breadth 30 , what is its length ? Ans . 40 rods . 2. If the foot of a ladder 75 feet in length be 60 feet from the base of a wall , and the other end rests on ...
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... remainder annex the figures in the period following , and proceed as before ; and so continue to do till all the periods are exhausted . EXAMPLES . 1. What is the cube root of 673373.097125 ? 673373.097125 ( 87.65 Square of 8x3 = 192 ...
... remainder annex the figures in the period following , and proceed as before ; and so continue to do till all the periods are exhausted . EXAMPLES . 1. What is the cube root of 673373.097125 ? 673373.097125 ( 87.65 Square of 8x3 = 192 ...
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... remainder will be the fifth root nearly . EXAMPLES . 1. If the amount of one dollar for six years at compound interest be $ 1.418519112256 , what is the rate per cent . ? 2. What is the eighth root of 5236 ? 3. What is the sixth root of ...
... remainder will be the fifth root nearly . EXAMPLES . 1. If the amount of one dollar for six years at compound interest be $ 1.418519112256 , what is the rate per cent . ? 2. What is the eighth root of 5236 ? 3. What is the sixth root of ...
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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