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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... inches ( that is circlesut diameter are each linch . The French squa foot contaries 163.563 cmp = square mehes & the ... inches . The cylindrics foot contains ( thats is a cylinder & foot long & I foot diameter ) contains 1357.17 Cubic ...
... inches ( that is circlesut diameter are each linch . The French squa foot contaries 163.563 cmp = square mehes & the ... inches . The cylindrics foot contains ( thats is a cylinder & foot long & I foot diameter ) contains 1357.17 Cubic ...
Page 41
... inch is fuppofed equal to 3 barley- corns in length , 4 inches - a hand , 6 feet , or 2 yards — a fathom , 3 miles - a league , 60 nautical or geographical miles — a degree , or 69 ftatute miles nearly , 360 degrees , or 25000 miles ...
... inch is fuppofed equal to 3 barley- corns in length , 4 inches - a hand , 6 feet , or 2 yards — a fathom , 3 miles - a league , 60 nautical or geographical miles — a degree , or 69 ftatute miles nearly , 360 degrees , or 25000 miles ...
Page 85
... inches nearly to a mile measured upon the earth ; for the visual line , when the level is properly fixed , being a tangent to the earth , or at leaft parallel to one , that line at the distance of one mile rom the station is 7.96 inches ...
... inches nearly to a mile measured upon the earth ; for the visual line , when the level is properly fixed , being a tangent to the earth , or at leaft parallel to one , that line at the distance of one mile rom the station is 7.96 inches ...
Page 86
... inches high , at a certain time will caft a fhadow 98 feet 6 inches long ; what then is the breadth of a river , which , running within 20 feet 6 inches of the foot of a fteeple , 300 feet 8 inches high , will , at the fame time , throw ...
... inches high , at a certain time will caft a fhadow 98 feet 6 inches long ; what then is the breadth of a river , which , running within 20 feet 6 inches of the foot of a fteeple , 300 feet 8 inches high , will , at the fame time , throw ...
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... inches , or fquare feet , or fquare yards , & c ; that is , fquares whofe fides are inches , or feet , or yards , & c . Our leaft fuper- ficial measure is the fquare inch , other fquares being . taken from it according to the proportion ...
... inches , or fquare feet , or fquare yards , & c ; that is , fquares whofe fides are inches , or feet , or yards , & c . Our leaft fuper- ficial measure is the fquare inch , other fquares being . taken from it according to the proportion ...
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