A Treatise on Mensuration: Both in Theory and PracticeSaint, 1770 - 646 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 86
Page xvii
... these figures , he hath left us a treatise on the spiral de- scribed by a point moving uniformly along a right line , which at the fame time moves with an uniform angular motion ; and de- termined the proportion of its area to that of ...
... these figures , he hath left us a treatise on the spiral de- scribed by a point moving uniformly along a right line , which at the fame time moves with an uniform angular motion ; and de- termined the proportion of its area to that of ...
Page xx
... these two properties were divided , the fame feries very rarely including them both : the mathematicians in most parts of Europe were now bufy , and many series were affigned on all hands , fome admired for their fimplicity , and others ...
... these two properties were divided , the fame feries very rarely including them both : the mathematicians in most parts of Europe were now bufy , and many series were affigned on all hands , fome admired for their fimplicity , and others ...
Page xxii
... these three principal parts ; that is , fo far as the nature of geometrical figures would conveniently admit . With regard to right lines , plane furfaces , and folids , the distinction is general ; but it does not obtain with regard to ...
... these three principal parts ; that is , fo far as the nature of geometrical figures would conveniently admit . With regard to right lines , plane furfaces , and folids , the distinction is general ; but it does not obtain with regard to ...
Page xxiii
... . Sect . 4. In like manner treats on parabolic lines , areas , surfaces , and folidities . And Set . 5. On hyperbolic lines , areas , furfaces , and folidities .. In In these fections the feveral figures and bodies are very PREFACE . xxiii.
... . Sect . 4. In like manner treats on parabolic lines , areas , surfaces , and folidities . And Set . 5. On hyperbolic lines , areas , furfaces , and folidities .. In In these fections the feveral figures and bodies are very PREFACE . xxiii.
Page xxvi
... these infinite decimals , and many others in the prefent decimal fcale , would be finite expreffions in a duodecimal , and innumerable other fcales ; and , again , fome numbers that are finite in the present scale , would be infinite in ...
... these infinite decimals , and many others in the prefent decimal fcale , would be finite expreffions in a duodecimal , and innumerable other fcales ; and , again , fome numbers that are finite in the present scale , would be infinite in ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abfciffa againſt alfo Alnwick alſo altitude angle area Verf bafe baſe becauſe breadth bung cafe cafk circle whofe circumference cofine cone confequently conftruction conjugate COROLLARY defcribe difference dimenfions diſtance ditto divided divifion ellipfe equal expreffed expreffion faid fame example fecond fection feet fegment feries fhall fide figure fimilar fince find the area firſt fixed axe fluxion folid fome fpheroid fpindle fquare fruftum fubtract fuch fuppofing furface gallons girt greateſt half head diameter hence hoof hyperbola inches interfecting laft laſt laſt problem lefs length meaſure method middle moſt multiply muſt Newcaſtle oppofite ordinate parabola paraboloid parallel perpendicular plane prob quotient radius rule Schoolmafter ſhall Sliding Rule ſphere ſquare ſtation tangent theſe thickneſs thofe thoſe tranfverfe trapezium triangle uſed vertex Wherefore whofe whofe height whole whoſe zone ΙΟ