A Treatise on Practical MensurationLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1859 - 450 pages |
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... contain many things both new and useful . With regard to the Rules , indeed , nothing new can be expected ; as they are to be found , with very little varia- tion , in every modern Treatise on Mensuration ; but the Questions , which ...
... contain many things both new and useful . With regard to the Rules , indeed , nothing new can be expected ; as they are to be found , with very little varia- tion , in every modern Treatise on Mensuration ; but the Questions , which ...
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... contain every thing that is necessary for persons , in general , to know of Surveying . In order to become a complete Surveyor , it is requisite not only to study Works written professedly on the sub- ject , but also to have a ...
... contain every thing that is necessary for persons , in general , to know of Surveying . In order to become a complete Surveyor , it is requisite not only to study Works written professedly on the sub- ject , but also to have a ...
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... contained in any given angle Upon a given line , to make a regular polygon of any proposed number of sides In any given circle , to inscribe a regular polygon of any proposed number of sides ; or to divide the circumference into any ...
... contained in any given angle Upon a given line , to make a regular polygon of any proposed number of sides In any given circle , to inscribe a regular polygon of any proposed number of sides ; or to divide the circumference into any ...
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... contained within one curved line , but cannot be contained within fewer than three straight lines . 9. A solid is a figure of three dimensions ; namely , length , breadth , and thickness . 10. An angle is the inclination or opening of ...
... contained within one curved line , but cannot be contained within fewer than three straight lines . 9. A solid is a figure of three dimensions ; namely , length , breadth , and thickness . 10. An angle is the inclination or opening of ...
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... contain any number of degrees ; suppose 35 ° 30 ′ . Draw the unlimited line AB ; then take 60 ° in your compasses , and with A as a centre , describe the arc ED . Set off ... contained GAD will be the required angle . PART I. 15 PROBLEMS .
... contain any number of degrees ; suppose 35 ° 30 ′ . Draw the unlimited line AB ; then take 60 ° in your compasses , and with A as a centre , describe the arc ED . Set off ... contained GAD will be the required angle . PART I. 15 PROBLEMS .
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18 feet 9 inches ABCD absciss altitude arch architraves base bottom breadth bushels canal cask centre chain chord circle circular circumference compass Conic Sections conjugate contained content in imperial cornice cubic foot cubic inches cubic yards deducted depth diagonal diameter difference distance ditto divided door eaves elliptical equal EXAMPLES feet 6 inches feet 9 figure find the area find the solidity frustum gallons and bushels girt given half the sum head diameter hence hyperbola hypothenuse imperial bushels imperial gallons latitude logarithms mean measure meridian method miles Multiply Note offsets opposite angle ordinate parallel perpendicular perpendicular height polygon quotient radius rectangle regular polygon rhombus right angles roof segment side sine Sliding Rule square foot square yard station subtract surface tangent theodolite thickness transverse diameter trapezium tree ullage upper versed sine vessel whole window
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Page 5 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, etc.
Page 272 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 116 - Persepolis, left standing upright ; one is 70 feet above the plane, and the other 50 ; in a straight line between these, stands an ancient...
Page 246 - An account of the mode of Draining Land, according to the System practised by Mr. Joseph Elkington.
Page 5 - 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 centre ; as ABD E. 2.
Page 5 - Plane figures that have more than four sides are, in general, called Polygons ; and they receive other particular names, according to the number of their sides or angles.
Page 185 - WORK. Plasterers' work is principally of two kinds; namely, plastering upon laths, called ceiling, and plastering upon walls or partitions made of framed timber, called rendering. In plastering upon walls, no deductions are made except for doors and windows, because cornice, festoons, enriched moldings, etc., are put on after the room is plastered.
Page 143 - RULE. As the tabular specific gravity of the body, is to its weight in Avoirdupois ounces, So is one cubic foot, or 1728 cubic inches, to its content in feet, or inches, respectively.
Page 18 - Divide the square of half the chord by the versed sine ; to the quotient add the versed sine, and the sum will be the diameter, &c.
Page 171 - TABLE. 12"" fourths make 1'" third, 12'" thirds - - - 1" second, 12" seconds - - 1' inch or prime, 12