An Easy Introduction to the Mathematics: In which the Theory and Practice are Laid Down and Familiarly Explained ... A Complete and Easy System of Elementary Instruction in the Leading Branches of the Mathematics; ... Adapted to the Use of Schools, Junior Students at the Universities, and Private Learners, Especially Those who Study Without a Tutor. In Two Volumes, Volume 2Bartlett and Newman ; [etc., etc..], 1814 - Mathematics |
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... . The ratio of the diameter of a circle to its circumference is nearly as 1000000000 to 3141592653 ; required approximating values of this ratio in smaller numbers ? 3 22 333 Ans . The first , the second PART IV . 61 RATIOS .
... . The ratio of the diameter of a circle to its circumference is nearly as 1000000000 to 3141592653 ; required approximating values of this ratio in smaller numbers ? 3 22 333 Ans . The first , the second PART IV . 61 RATIOS .
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... diameter , nearly ? Ans . 1 3 4 7 11 172 355 5 9 ' 14 ' 219 ' 452 ' & c . 5. If the side of a square be 1234000 , its diagonal will be 1745139 , nearly ; required approximations to this ratio in smaller numbers ? OF PROPORTION “ . 53 ...
... diameter , nearly ? Ans . 1 3 4 7 11 172 355 5 9 ' 14 ' 219 ' 452 ' & c . 5. If the side of a square be 1234000 , its diagonal will be 1745139 , nearly ; required approximations to this ratio in smaller numbers ? OF PROPORTION “ . 53 ...
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... diameter of the sun , making it half a degree ; he understood the cause and course of eclipses , cal- culated them with accuracy , and divided the year into 365 days . He disliked monarchy , because he considered it as little better ...
... diameter of the sun , making it half a degree ; he understood the cause and course of eclipses , cal- culated them with accuracy , and divided the year into 365 days . He disliked monarchy , because he considered it as little better ...
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... diameters , and the areas as the squares of their diameters ; that angles are measured and compared by means of the ... diameter ) or how the area of a circle may be found : it is true , that a method of approximation both to the ...
... diameters , and the areas as the squares of their diameters ; that angles are measured and compared by means of the ... diameter ) or how the area of a circle may be found : it is true , that a method of approximation both to the ...
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... The best edition of his works is that of Torelli , edited at the Clarendon Press , Oxford , fol . 1792 , by Dr. Robertson , Savilian Professor of Astronomy . cumference of a circle to its diameter , A. C. 226 . PART VIII . GEOMETRY .
... The best edition of his works is that of Torelli , edited at the Clarendon Press , Oxford , fol . 1792 , by Dr. Robertson , Savilian Professor of Astronomy . cumference of a circle to its diameter , A. C. 226 . PART VIII . GEOMETRY .
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Page 320 - If a straight line touch a circle, and from the point of contact a chord be drawn, the angles which this chord makes with the tangent are equal to the angles in the alternate segments.
Page 405 - In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 287 - TO a given straight line to apply a parallelogram, which shall be equal to a given triangle, and have one of its angles equal to a given rectilineal angle.
Page 66 - If four magnitudes are proportional, the sum of the first and second is to their difference as the sum of the third and fourth is to their difference.
Page 272 - But things which are equal to the same are equal to one another (Ax.
Page 267 - Parallel straight lines are such as are in the same plane, and which being produced ever so far both ways, do not meet.
Page 263 - A plane rectilineal angle is the inclination of two straight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the same straight line.
Page 281 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and also one side of the one equal to the corresponding side of the other, the triangles are congruent.
Page 294 - If a straight line be bisected, and produced to any point ; the rectangle contained by the whole line thus produced, and the part of it produced, together with the square of half the line bisected, is equal to the square of the straight line which is made up of the half and the part produced.
Page 190 - Take the first term from the second, the second from the third, the third from the fourth, &c. and the remainders will form a new series, called the first order of