A Treatise on Mensuration: Both in Theory and PracticeSaint, 1770 - 646 pages |
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... Greater Ambition ; and an attempt to defcribe thofe Virtues and Perfections which Your Grace's Public Works and Public Services have rendered fo confpicuous , would be a Weak- nefs indeed ! Permit me , then , humbly to affure Your Grace ...
... Greater Ambition ; and an attempt to defcribe thofe Virtues and Perfections which Your Grace's Public Works and Public Services have rendered fo confpicuous , would be a Weak- nefs indeed ! Permit me , then , humbly to affure Your Grace ...
Page xvi
... greater ratio than that of 30 to 1 ; and confequently much more that the circumference of the circle is to the diameter in a lefs ratio than that of 34 to 1 , but greater than that that of 30 to 1 : The first ratio of xvi PREFACE .
... greater ratio than that of 30 to 1 ; and confequently much more that the circumference of the circle is to the diameter in a lefs ratio than that of 34 to 1 , but greater than that that of 30 to 1 : The first ratio of xvi PREFACE .
Page xviii
... greater degree of accuracy . MANY of the moderns alfo have profecuted the fame problem of the quadrature of the circle , after the fame methods , to greater lengths ; fuch are Vieta , and Metius whofe proportion between the diameter and ...
... greater degree of accuracy . MANY of the moderns alfo have profecuted the fame problem of the quadrature of the circle , after the fame methods , to greater lengths ; fuch are Vieta , and Metius whofe proportion between the diameter and ...
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... MKL ; and an obtufe angle is that which is greater than a right angle , as MKI . — These two are , alfo , called oblique angles . M V L K Perpen- Perpendicular lines are those which make a right angle , 2 Part I. GEOMETRICAL DEFINITIONS .
... MKL ; and an obtufe angle is that which is greater than a right angle , as MKI . — These two are , alfo , called oblique angles . M V L K Perpen- Perpendicular lines are those which make a right angle , 2 Part I. GEOMETRICAL DEFINITIONS .
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... 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 ) drawn through C and D gives È the middle of AB . PROBLEM II . To bifect a given given angle BAC . 1. With the center A ...
... 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 ) drawn through C and D gives È the middle of AB . PROBLEM II . To bifect a given given angle BAC . 1. With the center A ...
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