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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... distance , motion , velocity , time , & c . with wonderful eafe and brevity ; a method established by its great author upon true and incontestable principles ; principles perfectly confiftent with those of the ancients , and which were ...
... distance , motion , velocity , time , & c . with wonderful eafe and brevity ; a method established by its great author upon true and incontestable principles ; principles perfectly confiftent with those of the ancients , and which were ...
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... distance ; and never meet , though ever fo far produced . 10. Oblique right lines change their distance , and would meet , if produced , on the fide of the leaft distance . 11. One line is perpendicular to another , when it inclines not ...
... distance ; and never meet , though ever fo far produced . 10. Oblique right lines change their distance , and would meet , if produced , on the fide of the leaft distance . 11. One line is perpendicular to another , when it inclines not ...
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... Distance c . From any two points m and n , in the line AB , with a radius equal to c , describe the arcs r and o ... distances Am , An . From the centers m , n , with any radius greater than am or an , de- fcribe two arcs interfecting in ...
... Distance c . From any two points m and n , in the line AB , with a radius equal to c , describe the arcs r and o ... distances Am , An . From the centers m , n , with any radius greater than am or an , de- fcribe two arcs interfecting in ...
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... distance mn exceeds 90 degrees , it must be taken off at twice , as before . Or the angle may be measured by applying the ra- dius of a graduated arc , of any inftrument , to AB , as in the last problem ; and then noting the degrees cut ...
... distance mn exceeds 90 degrees , it must be taken off at twice , as before . Or the angle may be measured by applying the ra- dius of a graduated arc , of any inftrument , to AB , as in the last problem ; and then noting the degrees cut ...
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... distance om , de- fcribe the infcribed circle ; or with the distance to one of the angles , as A , defcribe the cir- cumfcribing circle . m A Note . This method will alfo circumfcribe a circle about any given oblique triangle , PROBLEM ...
... distance om , de- fcribe the infcribed circle ; or with the distance to one of the angles , as A , defcribe the cir- cumfcribing circle . m A Note . This method will alfo circumfcribe a circle about any given oblique triangle , PROBLEM ...
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