A Treatise on Mensuration: Both in Theory and PracticeSaint, 1770 - 646 pages |
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... equal to a right - angled tri- angle whose base is equal to the circumference and its altitude equal to the radius ; and confequently that its area is found by drawing the radius into half the circumference ; and fo reduced the ...
... equal to a right - angled tri- angle whose base is equal to the circumference and its altitude equal to the radius ; and confequently that its area is found by drawing the radius into half the circumference ; and fo reduced the ...
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... equal - fided , triangle , is that whose three fides are all equal to each other , as D. B An An ifofceles triangle is that which hath only two fides Sect . I. 3 GEOMETRICAL DEFINITIONS .
... equal - fided , triangle , is that whose three fides are all equal to each other , as D. B An An ifofceles triangle is that which hath only two fides Sect . I. 3 GEOMETRICAL DEFINITIONS .
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... equal , each to each . Similar plane figures are thofe which confift of the fame number of angles equal , each to each , and placed in the fame order ; and may be refolved into the fame number of fimilar triangles by drawing . diagonals ...
... equal , each to each . Similar plane figures are thofe which confift of the fame number of angles equal , each to each , and placed in the fame order ; and may be refolved into the fame number of fimilar triangles by drawing . diagonals ...
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... equal to a given line AB . 1. Divide 360 by the number of fides ; fubtract the quotient from 180 , and the remainder will be the number of degrees in each angle of the polygon . 2. Draw AC equal to AB and making the angle BAC equal to ...
... equal to a given line AB . 1. Divide 360 by the number of fides ; fubtract the quotient from 180 , and the remainder will be the number of degrees in each angle of the polygon . 2. Draw AC equal to AB and making the angle BAC equal to ...
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... equal parts , called degrees ; of which , therefore , a femicircle contains 180 , and a quadrant 90. Each degree is fuppofed to be divided into 60 equal parts , called minutes , and each minute into 60 feconds , & c . - Degrees are ...
... equal parts , called degrees ; of which , therefore , a femicircle contains 180 , and a quadrant 90. Each degree is fuppofed to be divided into 60 equal parts , called minutes , and each minute into 60 feconds , & c . - Degrees are ...
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