A Treatise on Mensuration: Both in Theory and PracticeSaint, 1770 - 646 pages |
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Page xv
... to avoid al- lowing this to have been Euclid's grand object . And accordingly he determined the chief properties in the menfuration of rectilineal plane plane and folid figures ; and fquared all fuch planes PRE FAC E.
... to avoid al- lowing this to have been Euclid's grand object . And accordingly he determined the chief properties in the menfuration of rectilineal plane plane and folid figures ; and fquared all fuch planes PRE FAC E.
Page xvi
Both in Theory and Practice Charles Hutton. plane and folid figures ; and fquared all fuch planes , and cubed . all fuch folids . The only curve figures which he attempted befides are the circle and sphere ; and when he could not ...
Both in Theory and Practice Charles Hutton. plane and folid figures ; and fquared all fuch planes , and cubed . all fuch folids . The only curve figures which he attempted befides are the circle and sphere ; and when he could not ...
Page xxii
... plane furfaces , and folids , the distinction is general ; but it does not obtain with regard to curved lines and ... planes which are bounded by right and circular lines , without any curve furfaces excepting that of the fphere . In the ...
... plane furfaces , and folids , the distinction is general ; but it does not obtain with regard to curved lines and ... planes which are bounded by right and circular lines , without any curve furfaces excepting that of the fphere . In the ...
Page xxiii
... plane Trigonometry , or the measuring of lines and angles . All the cafes of trigonometry , both right and oblique angled are here reduced to 3 only ; by which means it is eafier to be remembered , and more clearly understood . Befides ...
... plane Trigonometry , or the measuring of lines and angles . All the cafes of trigonometry , both right and oblique angled are here reduced to 3 only ; by which means it is eafier to be remembered , and more clearly understood . Befides ...
Page xxiv
... planes . Then the Vth and laft PART , in 4 fections , contains the application of the general rules to the most useful subjects of measuring that happen in life . In thefe fubjects very material improvements are almost every where made ...
... planes . Then the Vth and laft PART , in 4 fections , contains the application of the general rules to the most useful subjects of measuring that happen in life . In thefe fubjects very material improvements are almost every where made ...
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