A Treatise on Mensuration: Both in Theory and PracticeSaint, 1770 - 646 pages |
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... Parallel lines are thofe of which e- N very point of the one is at the fame diftance from the other , as NO , P P 2 . P N A fuperficies , or furface is an extention of two dimenfions , viz . length and breadth . A plane , or plane ...
... Parallel lines are thofe of which e- N very point of the one is at the fame diftance from the other , as NO , P P 2 . P N A fuperficies , or furface is an extention of two dimenfions , viz . length and breadth . A plane , or plane ...
Page 4
... parallel . A rectangle is a right - angled paralle- logram , as A. A fquare is a right - angled equilateral parallelogram , as C ; or it is an equilateral rectangle . A rhombus is an oblique - angled equi- lateral parallelogram , as D ...
... parallel . A rectangle is a right - angled paralle- logram , as A. A fquare is a right - angled equilateral parallelogram , as C ; or it is an equilateral rectangle . A rhombus is an oblique - angled equi- lateral parallelogram , as D ...
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... 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 , describe an arc E. C Τ DB 3 ...
... 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 , describe an arc E. C Τ DB 3 ...
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... parallel to it , and the reft of the lines as > are evident from the figure . R п B K E D ૧ Now it is evident that CQ is the fum and CF the difference of the fines , and that GK is the tangent of half the fum and GH the tangent of Then ...
... parallel to it , and the reft of the lines as > are evident from the figure . R п B K E D ૧ Now it is evident that CQ is the fum and CF the difference of the fines , and that GK is the tangent of half the fum and GH the tangent of Then ...
Page 54
... parallel to it , are in proportion to each other , as the lengths of their fhadows , formed by the fun , & c . Let the height of the stick ab be 6 feet , the length of its fhadow ac 4 , and the fha- dow AC of the altitude 40 feet ; then ...
... parallel to it , are in proportion to each other , as the lengths of their fhadows , formed by the fun , & c . Let the height of the stick ab be 6 feet , the length of its fhadow ac 4 , and the fha- dow AC of the altitude 40 feet ; then ...
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