A Treatise on Mensuration: Both in Theory and PracticeSaint, 1770 - 646 pages |
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... sphere ; and when he could not accurately deter- mine their measures , he gave an excellent method of approximating ... spheres , fpheroids , and conoids , to cylinders and cones ; and the relations of parabolas to rectilineal planes ...
... sphere ; and when he could not accurately deter- mine their measures , he gave an excellent method of approximating ... spheres , fpheroids , and conoids , to cylinders and cones ; and the relations of parabolas to rectilineal planes ...
Page 51
... sphere . Draw AF perpendicular to AB , then from the principles . of geometry it is known that CF is FA ; draw , alfo , the radius CD , which will be per- pendicular to CB . Hence LD = LF = ( 90 ° —87 ° 25 ′ 55 ′′ = ) 2 ° 34 ′ 05 . Then ...
... sphere . Draw AF perpendicular to AB , then from the principles . of geometry it is known that CF is FA ; draw , alfo , the radius CD , which will be per- pendicular to CB . Hence LD = LF = ( 90 ° —87 ° 25 ′ 55 ′′ = ) 2 ° 34 ′ 05 . Then ...
Page 139
... Sphere , with the Parts into which fome of them may be cut by planes . A Prism is a folid all whofe plane fections , parallel to its end or bafes , are equal and fimilar fi- gures . It is among folids what a parallelogram is among ...
... Sphere , with the Parts into which fome of them may be cut by planes . A Prism is a folid all whofe plane fections , parallel to its end or bafes , are equal and fimilar fi- gures . It is among folids what a parallelogram is among ...
Page 141
... sphere is a folid bounded by a convex furface , every point of which is equally diftant from a point within called the center . If a femicircle be moved round its diameter fixed , the space through which it moves will be in form of a ...
... sphere is a folid bounded by a convex furface , every point of which is equally diftant from a point within called the center . If a femicircle be moved round its diameter fixed , the space through which it moves will be in form of a ...
Page 142
... sphere is a circle . If the fection be made through the center , it is a great circle of the fphere , having the fame diameter with the fphere ; if not , it is a little circle . A fruftum , truncus , or trunk , is the part remain- ing ...
... sphere is a circle . If the fection be made through the center , it is a great circle of the fphere , having the fame diameter with the fphere ; if not , it is a little circle . A fruftum , truncus , or trunk , is the part remain- ing ...
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