A Treatise on Practical MensurationLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1859 - 450 pages |
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... Sometimes one of these Methods claims the preference , and sometimes another , according to the different forms of Estates ; but they are all approved of by our best Land Surveyors ; and are more accurate and practical than any others ...
... Sometimes one of these Methods claims the preference , and sometimes another , according to the different forms of Estates ; but they are all approved of by our best Land Surveyors ; and are more accurate and practical than any others ...
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... Sometimes these diameters are termed axes . 51. Identical or similar figures , are such as have all the sides and angles of the one equal to all the sides and angles of the other , each to each ; so that if the one figure were applied ...
... Sometimes these diameters are termed axes . 51. Identical or similar figures , are such as have all the sides and angles of the one equal to all the sides and angles of the other , each to each ; so that if the one figure were applied ...
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... Sometimes they are taken in inches and tenths ; some- times in feet , inches , and parts ; sometimes in feet , tenths , and hundredths ; and sometimes in chains and links ; and the area of any figure is estimated by the number of square ...
... Sometimes they are taken in inches and tenths ; some- times in feet , inches , and parts ; sometimes in feet , tenths , and hundredths ; and sometimes in chains and links ; and the area of any figure is estimated by the number of square ...
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... sometimes more eligible to find the double area of each figure into which it is divided ; and half the sum of these double areas will be the area of the whole polygon . EXAMPLES . 1. It is required to lay down the irregular figure ...
... sometimes more eligible to find the double area of each figure into which it is divided ; and half the sum of these double areas will be the area of the whole polygon . EXAMPLES . 1. It is required to lay down the irregular figure ...
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... sometimes draws a rough sketch of the field or estate he is about to measure , and upon it marks the station in the same manner as they are put down in taking the survey . Miscellaneous Instructions . 1. In addition to the chain , the ...
... sometimes draws a rough sketch of the field or estate he is about to measure , and upon it marks the station in the same manner as they are put down in taking the survey . Miscellaneous Instructions . 1. In addition to the chain , the ...
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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