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" ... the square root of the last product will be the area of the triangle. EXAMPLE. Suppose I have a triangular fish-pond, whose three sides measure 400, 348, and 312yds; what quantity of ground does it cover? "
Orton's Lightning Calculator and Accountant's Assistant - Page 149
by Hoy D. Orton - 1871 - 186 pages
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Mathematics: Compiled from the Best Authors and Intended to be the ..., Volume 2

1801 - 658 pages
...in it is equal to two right angles, or i8r°. Multiply the four remainders continually together, and the square root of the last product will be the area of die trar < » pezmm. EXAMPLE^. In order to, facilitate the demonstration of the rule, it is thought...
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Mathematics: Compiled from the Best Authors, and Intended to be ..., Volume 1

Samuel Webber - 1808 - 466 pages
...each side separately from the half sum ; then multiply the four remainders continually together, and the square root of the last product will be the area of the trapezium. * A trapezium may be inscribed in a circle, when the sum of any two opposite angles in it...
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A Treatise on Practical Mensuration in Eight Parts ...

Anthony Nesbit - 1824 - 476 pages
...subtract each side severally ; multiply the half sum and the three remainders continually together; and the square root of the last product will be the area of the triangle. Jvofe t. If a triangle be accurately laid down, from a pretty large scale of iqual parts, the perpendicular...
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The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist: Being a Practical ..., Volume 1

John Nicholson - 1825 - 822 pages
...subtract each side separately; multiply the half sum and the three remainders continually together ; and the square root of the last product will be the area of the triangle. Ex. Required the area of the triangle whose base is 6 feet, and perpendicular height 5 feet. 6 5 2)...
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The Youth's Assistant in Theoretick and Practical Arithmetic

Zadock Thompson - 1826 - 176 pages
...subtract each side separately ; multiply the half sum and the three remainders continually together, and the square root of the last product will be the area of the triangle. Examples. 1. How many square feet in a triangle whose base is 40 feet, and height 30 feet? 40 base....
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A Short System of Practical Arithmetic: Compiled from the Best Authorities ...

William Kinne - 1829 - 246 pages
...each side severally ; multiply these three remainders and the said half sum continually together; then the square root of the last product will be the area of the triangle. EXAMPLE. Suppose 1 have a triangular fish-pond, whose three sides measure 400, 348, and 312yds. ; what quantity of ground...
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The Builder's Practical Guide: Containing a Complete Explanation of the ...

John Nicholson (Civil engineer) - 1830 - 240 pages
...subtract each side separately ; multiply the half sum and the three remainders continually together ; and the square root of the last product will be the area of the triangle. Ex. Required the area of the triangle whose base is 6 feet, and perpendicular height 5 feet. 6 5 2)...
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A Short System of Practical Arithmetic: Compiled from the Best Authorities ...

William Kinne - 1831 - 248 pages
...each side severally ; multiply these three remainders and the said half sum continually together; then the square root of the last product will be the area of the triangle. sides only are given. • EXAMPLE. Suppose I have a triangular fish-pond, whose three sides measure...
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The Youth's Assistant in Theorhetic [sic] and Practical Arithmetic: Designed ...

Zadock Thompson - 1832 - 186 pages
...subtract each side separately ; multiply the half sum and the three remainders continually together, and the square root of the last product will be the area of the triangle. 1. How many square feet in a triangle, whose base is 40 feet, and height 30 feet ? 40 base. 15z=4 perpend,...
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A treatise on practical geometry, mensuration, conic sections, gauging, and ...

Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1834 - 370 pages
...sides subtract each side separately, then multiply the half sum and the three remainders together, and the square root of the last product will be the area of the triangle.* height gives the area of a rectangular parallelogram, whose sides are equal to the base and perpendicular...
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