A treatise on mensuration, both in theory and practice. The second edition, with many additionsG. G. J.&J. Robinson, 1788 - 16 pages |
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Page ii
... cones 1 inch in height & linch in diameter at the base da do Blisht 277 274 or 2771/4 cubic inch simperial galle 2218.192 or 2218 % . It cubic foot contains 6.232 Gallons An imperial gallon of Distilled Water weighs 10 pounds ...
... cones 1 inch in height & linch in diameter at the base da do Blisht 277 274 or 2771/4 cubic inch simperial galle 2218.192 or 2218 % . It cubic foot contains 6.232 Gallons An imperial gallon of Distilled Water weighs 10 pounds ...
Page vi
... cones ; and the relations of parabolas to rectilineal planes whofe quadratures had long before been determined by Euclid . He hath left us alfo his attempts upon the circle : he proved that a circle is equal to a right - angled triangle ...
... cones ; and the relations of parabolas to rectilineal planes whofe quadratures had long before been determined by Euclid . He hath left us alfo his attempts upon the circle : he proved that a circle is equal to a right - angled triangle ...
Page 175
... cone is a round pyra-、 mid ; having a circular bafe . 7. A sphere is a folid bounded by one continued convex fur- face , every point of which is equally diftant from a point with- in , called the the center . - The fphere may be ...
... cone is a round pyra-、 mid ; having a circular bafe . 7. A sphere is a folid bounded by one continued convex fur- face , every point of which is equally diftant from a point with- in , called the the center . - The fphere may be ...
Page 176
... cone having the fame bafe with the fegment , and its vertex in the center of the fphere . 16. A circular fpindle , is a folid generated by the revolution of a feg- ment of a circle about its chord , which remains fixed . 17. A wedge is ...
... cone having the fame bafe with the fegment , and its vertex in the center of the fphere . 16. A circular fpindle , is a folid generated by the revolution of a feg- ment of a circle about its chord , which remains fixed . 17. A wedge is ...
Page 182
... cone and cylinder of the fame base and altitude , the common altitude being equal to the radius of the bafe ; then the base , the furface of the cone , and the furface of the cylinder , are to one another as the numbers 1 , 2 , and 2 ...
... cone and cylinder of the fame base and altitude , the common altitude being equal to the radius of the bafe ; then the base , the furface of the cone , and the furface of the cylinder , are to one another as the numbers 1 , 2 , and 2 ...
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