A Treatise on Mensuration: Both in Theory and PracticeSaint, 1770 - 646 pages |
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... taken from ancient use , because it was first applied only to measuring the earth and fix- ing the limits of poffeffions ) though the name seemed very ridiculous to Plato , who substitutes in its place that more extensive name of ...
... taken from ancient use , because it was first applied only to measuring the earth and fix- ing the limits of poffeffions ) though the name seemed very ridiculous to Plato , who substitutes in its place that more extensive name of ...
Page 6
... taken together always make up the whole circum- ference . A fegment is any part of the circle terminated by an arc and its chord , as DBFD , or DBEAD . A fector is a part of a circle contained within two radiufes and their included arc ...
... taken together always make up the whole circum- ference . A fegment is any part of the circle terminated by an arc and its chord , as DBFD , or DBEAD . A fector is a part of a circle contained within two radiufes and their included arc ...
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... 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. Through C draw CE to touch the arc E , and it will be the ...
... 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. Through C draw CE to touch the arc E , and it will be the ...
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... taken without the line . 1. With the center C describe an arc cutting AB in D and E. 2. With any radius , and the cen- ters D and E , defcribe arcs meeting each other in F. 3. A line ( CGF ) drawn through C and F will be the ...
... taken without the line . 1. With the center C describe an arc cutting AB in D and E. 2. With any radius , and the cen- ters D and E , defcribe arcs meeting each other in F. 3. A line ( CGF ) drawn through C and F will be the ...
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... taken from 180 ° , will leave the third angle . In a right - angled triangle , the fide oppofite to the right angle is called the hypothenufe ; and the other , the legs , or fides , or fometimes the bafe and per- pendicular . The ...
... taken from 180 ° , will leave the third angle . In a right - angled triangle , the fide oppofite to the right angle is called the hypothenufe ; and the other , the legs , or fides , or fometimes the bafe and per- pendicular . The ...
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