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... scale - how measured by the circum- ferentor .. how constructed by a scale of 106 301 Colouring of maps chords .. 283 Colours , how mixed Compass , description of 284 Compasses , description of 5 50 143 area of in gallons , how found ...
... scale - how measured by the circum- ferentor .. how constructed by a scale of 106 301 Colouring of maps chords .. 283 Colours , how mixed Compass , description of 284 Compasses , description of 5 50 143 area of in gallons , how found ...
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... scale 89 118 94 122 general directions in measur- ing large estates the order in which estates are measured of three sides , how measured 123 of four sides , how measured 124 ) lying detached , how measured 125 how plotted .. having ...
... scale 89 118 94 122 general directions in measur- ing large estates the order in which estates are measured of three sides , how measured 123 of four sides , how measured 124 ) lying detached , how measured 125 how plotted .. having ...
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... scale 25 how let fall with the scale 28 .. 87 280 Perch table of a quadrilateral figure , measured in one line 89 37 .. 281 Pentagraph , description of 11 .. .. .. 282 113 283 .. 283 57 .. how pencilled how inked 270 squaring of any ...
... scale 25 how let fall with the scale 28 .. 87 280 Perch table of a quadrilateral figure , measured in one line 89 37 .. 281 Pentagraph , description of 11 .. .. .. 282 113 283 .. 283 57 .. how pencilled how inked 270 squaring of any ...
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... Scales for plotting , description of how found , when not given on the plan Sector of a circle , definition of area of , how found .. Timber measure table of .. .. Page . 198 ༸ ༀ ་ྲཋ ཆ = 38 38 302 .. .. 304 .. 208 212 .. 209 squared ...
... Scales for plotting , description of how found , when not given on the plan Sector of a circle , definition of area of , how found .. Timber measure table of .. .. Page . 198 ༸ ༀ ་ྲཋ ཆ = 38 38 302 .. .. 304 .. 208 212 .. 209 squared ...
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... AAAA B C A 14 10 B 15 E 21 22 a Scale 220 d 11 12 13 D 18 19 C 20 16 17 490 B 24 AA FEDC B Base 25 Line Base of Offsets 26 720 970 Perpendiculars on the Base 27 Fence Line Danzen scYork ! Note 1. The diagonals A - C and B - 28.
... AAAA B C A 14 10 B 15 E 21 22 a Scale 220 d 11 12 13 D 18 19 C 20 16 17 490 B 24 AA FEDC B Base 25 Line Base of Offsets 26 720 970 Perpendiculars on the Base 27 Fence Line Danzen scYork ! Note 1. The diagonals A - C and B - 28.
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Page 3 - Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side.
Page 2 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Page 269 - ... for the second term, and the greater for the first ; and in either case multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first for the answer, which will always be of the same denomination as the third term.
Page 276 - TO THEIR DIFFERENCE ; So IS THE TANGENT OF HALF THE SUM OF THE OPPOSITE ANGLES', To THE TANGENT OF HALF THEIR DIFFERENCE.
Page 167 - RULE.* To the sum of the areas of the two ends add four times the area of a section parallel to and equally distant from both ends, and this last sum multiplied by £ of the height will give the solidity.
Page 166 - To twice the length of the base add the length of the edge ; multiply the sum by the breadth of the base, and by one-sixth of the height.
Page 4 - Plane figures that have more than four sides are, in general, called Polygons ; and they receive other particular names, according to the number of their sides or angles.
Page 235 - To three times the square of the radius of the base, add the square of the height.
Page 264 - The difference of the logarithms, as here used, means the algebraic difference ; so that, if the logarithm of the divisor have a negative characteristic its sign must be changed to positive, after diminishing it by the unit, if any, carried in the subtraction from...
Page 231 - To twice the square of the middle diameter, add the square of the diameter of one end; multiply the sum by the length of the frustum, and the product by '2618 for the content.