A Treatise on Mensuration: Both in Theory and PracticeSaint, 1770 - 646 pages |
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Page xviii
... problem of the quadrature of the circle , after the fame methods , to greater lengths ; fuch are Vieta , and Metius ... problems , and in inveftigating or demonftrating theories that are general and extenfive ; but fometimes led their ...
... problem of the quadrature of the circle , after the fame methods , to greater lengths ; fuch are Vieta , and Metius ... problems , and in inveftigating or demonftrating theories that are general and extenfive ; but fometimes led their ...
Page xix
... problems became eafy and familiar to every one ; things which be- fore feemed to be infuperable , became eafy examples or particular cafes of theories ftill more general and extenfive ; rectifications ... problem however was PREFACE . xix.
... problems became eafy and familiar to every one ; things which be- fore feemed to be infuperable , became eafy examples or particular cafes of theories ftill more general and extenfive ; rectifications ... problem however was PREFACE . xix.
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Both in Theory and Practice Charles Hutton. of a given fluxion , but this problem however was found to be in- capable of a general folution in finite terms ; the fluxion of every fluent was always affignable , but the reverse of this ...
Both in Theory and Practice Charles Hutton. of a given fluxion , but this problem however was found to be in- capable of a general folution in finite terms ; the fluxion of every fluent was always affignable , but the reverse of this ...
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... PROBLEM I. To bifect , or divide into two equal parts , a given line A B. 1. From the centers A , B , with any radius greater than half AB , defcribe arcs cutting each other on each fide of the line in C and D. F B 2. A line ( CED ) ...
... PROBLEM I. To bifect , or divide into two equal parts , a given line A B. 1. From the centers A , B , with any radius greater than half AB , defcribe arcs cutting each other on each fide of the line in C and D. F B 2. A line ( CED ) ...
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... PROBLEM IV . B To draw a line parallel to a given line AB and palling through a given point C taken without that line . 1. Take the nearest distance of the point C from AB . 2. With that radius , and center D , A taken any where in AB ...
... PROBLEM IV . B To draw a line parallel to a given line AB and palling through a given point C taken without that line . 1. Take the nearest distance of the point C from AB . 2. With that radius , and center D , A taken any where in AB ...
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