A Treatise on Mensuration: Both in Theory and PracticeSaint, 1770 - 646 pages |
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Page xvi
... must be excepted on account of his lunes . In his time the conic fections were admitted in geometry , and he applied himself closely to the measuring of them as well as other figures . Accordingly he determined the relations of spheres ...
... must be excepted on account of his lunes . In his time the conic fections were admitted in geometry , and he applied himself closely to the measuring of them as well as other figures . Accordingly he determined the relations of spheres ...
Page xviii
... must be admired for his folid , accurate , and very masterly works . DURING the preceding ftate of things , feveral men , whofe vanity feemed to have overcome their regard for truth , afferted that they had discovered the quadrature of ...
... must be admired for his folid , accurate , and very masterly works . DURING the preceding ftate of things , feveral men , whofe vanity feemed to have overcome their regard for truth , afferted that they had discovered the quadrature of ...
Page xxvi
... must have a measure , it being only the fault of our methods of notation or expreffion that we have not de- termined it . It may be farther added , that a space which by fome methods hath a finite expreffion , is by others expreffed by ...
... must have a measure , it being only the fault of our methods of notation or expreffion that we have not de- termined it . It may be farther added , that a space which by fome methods hath a finite expreffion , is by others expreffed by ...
Page 15
... must be given three parts , one of which , at least , must be a fide , because the fame angles are common to an infinite number of triangles . In plane trigonometry there are three cafes or va- rieties only , viz . 1. When two of the ...
... must be given three parts , one of which , at least , must be a fide , because the fame angles are common to an infinite number of triangles . In plane trigonometry there are three cafes or va- rieties only , viz . 1. When two of the ...
Page 33
... altimetry and longimetry , or heights and diftances , if indeed this must be dif- tinguished from furveying . I Acceffible Acceffible lines are measured by applying to them fome certain Sect . III . 33 HEIGHTS and DISTANCES .
... altimetry and longimetry , or heights and diftances , if indeed this must be dif- tinguished from furveying . I Acceffible Acceffible lines are measured by applying to them fome certain Sect . III . 33 HEIGHTS and DISTANCES .
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