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 vi
... curve figures which he attempted , are the circle and sphere ; and when he could not accurately determine their measures , he gave an excellent method of approximating to them , by fhewing how in a circle to infcribe a regular polygon ...
... curve figures which he attempted , are the circle and sphere ; and when he could not accurately determine their measures , he gave an excellent method of approximating to them , by fhewing how in a circle to infcribe a regular polygon ...
Page viii
... curves were measured ; and although feveral of them could not be exactly fquared or cubed , yet general and infinite ap- proximating feries were affigned , of which the laws of their continuation were manifeft , and in fome of which the ...
... curves were measured ; and although feveral of them could not be exactly fquared or cubed , yet general and infinite ap- proximating feries were affigned , of which the laws of their continuation were manifeft , and in fome of which the ...
Page ix
... curves to coincide with right lines ; but propofed it in fuch a form as admits of a strict geometrical demonstration ... curve , whofe quadrature was unfuc cessfully attempted by the ancients , became by this method perfectly quadrable ...
... curves to coincide with right lines ; but propofed it in fuch a form as admits of a strict geometrical demonstration ... curve , whofe quadrature was unfuc cessfully attempted by the ancients , became by this method perfectly quadrable ...
Page xii
... curve furfaces , excepting that of the fphere . In the third part , which treats of folids , I have generally placed the problems which relate to the meafures of the lines , furfaces , and folidities of each particular figure ...
... curve furfaces , excepting that of the fphere . In the third part , which treats of folids , I have generally placed the problems which relate to the meafures of the lines , furfaces , and folidities of each particular figure ...
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... curves in general . In which are contained fome of the most univerfal and important propositions that can be made in the fubject . Sect . 2. Contains the equidiftant - ordinate method ; or , the approximate quadrature and cubature of curves ...
... curves in general . In which are contained fome of the most univerfal and important propositions that can be made in the fubject . Sect . 2. Contains the equidiftant - ordinate method ; or , the approximate quadrature and cubature of curves ...
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