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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... figures ; and it is , next to arithmetic , a fubject of the great- eft ufe and importance , both in affairs that are abfolutely ne- ceffary in human life , and in every branch of the mathematics : a fubject by which sciences are ...
... figures ; and it is , next to arithmetic , a fubject of the great- eft ufe and importance , both in affairs that are abfolutely ne- ceffary in human life , and in every branch of the mathematics : a fubject by which sciences are ...
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... figures ; and fquared all fuch planes , and cubed all fuch folids . The only 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 ...
... figures ; and fquared all fuch planes , and cubed all fuch folids . The only 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 ...
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... figures , he hath left us a treatife on the spiral , defcribed by a point moving uniformly along a right line , which at the fame time moves with an uniform angular motion ; and he determined the proportion of its area to that of the ...
... figures , he hath left us a treatife on the spiral , defcribed by a point moving uniformly along a right line , which at the fame time moves with an uniform angular motion ; and he determined the proportion of its area to that of the ...
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... figures , making the ratio to be that of 1 to 314159265358979323846264338327950288 + or 9- . And the fame was repeated and confirmed by his editor Snellius . The first material deviation from the principles used by the ancients , in ...
... figures , making the ratio to be that of 1 to 314159265358979323846264338327950288 + or 9- . And the fame was repeated and confirmed by his editor Snellius . The first material deviation from the principles used by the ancients , in ...
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... figures . Dr. Edmund Halley gave a remarkable one , from the tangent of 30 degrees , by means of which the very induftrious Mr. Abraham Sharp computed the area of the circle to 72 places of figures ; but even this was af- terwards far ...
... figures . Dr. Edmund Halley gave a remarkable one , from the tangent of 30 degrees , by means of which the very induftrious Mr. Abraham Sharp computed the area of the circle to 72 places of figures ; but even this was af- terwards far ...
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