A Treatise on Surveying: Containing the Theory and Practice : to which is Prefixed a Perspicuous System of Plane Trigonometry : the Whole Clearly Demonstrated and Illustrated by a Large Number of Appropriate Examples, Particularly Adapted to the Use of Schools |
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... joins them lies wholly in that superficies . 7. A plane rectilineal angle is the inclination of two straight lines to one another , which meet together , but are not in the same straight line , as A , Fig . 1 . Note . - When several ...
... joins them lies wholly in that superficies . 7. A plane rectilineal angle is the inclination of two straight lines to one another , which meet together , but are not in the same straight line , as A , Fig . 1 . Note . - When several ...
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... joining any two opposite angles of a quadrilateral figure , is called a diagonal . 31. That side upon which any parallelogram , or triangle is supposed to stand , is called the base ; and the perpendicular falling thereon from the ...
... joining any two opposite angles of a quadrilateral figure , is called a diagonal . 31. That side upon which any parallelogram , or triangle is supposed to stand , is called the base ; and the perpendicular falling thereon from the ...
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... join CB , which will be perpendicu- lar to AB . PROBLEM IV . To let fall a perpendicular upon a given line BC , from a given point A , without it , Fig . 21 . In the line BC take any point D , and with it as a centre and distant DA ...
... join CB , which will be perpendicu- lar to AB . PROBLEM IV . To let fall a perpendicular upon a given line BC , from a given point A , without it , Fig . 21 . In the line BC take any point D , and with it as a centre and distant DA ...
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... join E and the first division on FC , the first division on EB , and the second on FC , & c . Note . - Diagonal scales serve to take off dimensions or numbers of three figures . If the first large divisions be units , the second set of ...
... join E and the first division on FC , the first division on EB , and the second on FC , & c . Note . - Diagonal scales serve to take off dimensions or numbers of three figures . If the first large divisions be units , the second set of ...
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... join FG and draw HL paral- lel to it : then will CL be the third proportional required . PROBLEM XIV . ' D H E To find a fourth fourth proportional to three given right lines , A , B and C. A Draw two right lines , DE , DF B containing ...
... join FG and draw HL paral- lel to it : then will CL be the third proportional required . PROBLEM XIV . ' D H E To find a fourth fourth proportional to three given right lines , A , B and C. A Draw two right lines , DE , DF B containing ...
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Page 36 - The angle at the centre of a circle is double of the angle at the circumference, upon the same base, that is, upon the same part of the circumference.
Page 27 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...
Page 71 - A maypole, whose top was broken off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the foot of the pole: what was the height of the whole maypole, supposing the broken piece to measure 39 feet in length ? Ans.
Page 17 - A plane rectilineal angle is the inclination of two straight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the same straight line.
Page 20 - A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference.
Page 28 - Sine, or Right Sine, of an arc, is the line drawn from one extremity of the arc, perpendicular to the diameter which passes through the other extremity. Thus, BF is the sine of the arc AB, or of the supplemental arc BDE.
Page 112 - PROBLEM I. To find the area of a parallelogram ; whether it be a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, or a rhomboid**. RULE.* Multiply the length by the perpendicular height, and the product will be the area.
Page 18 - Parallel straight lines are such as are in the same plane, and which, being produced ever so far both ways, do not meet.
Page 119 - From half the sum of the three sides, subtract each side severally ; multiply the half sum, and the three remainders together, and the square root of the product will be the area required.
Page 54 - To find a side. Call any one of the sides radius, and write upon it the word