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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... perpendicular to it . Thus ADC and BDC are right angles , and the line CD is perpendicular to AB , Fig . 4 . 10. An acute angle is that which is less than a right angle , as BDE , Fig . 4 . 11. An obtuse angle is that which is greater ...
... perpendicular to it . Thus ADC and BDC are right angles , and the line CD is perpendicular to AB , Fig . 4 . 10. An acute angle is that which is less than a right angle , as BDE , Fig . 4 . 11. An obtuse angle is that which is greater ...
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... side upon which any parallelogram , or triangle is supposed to stand , is called the base ; and the perpendicular falling thereon from the opposite angle is called the altitude of the parallelogram , or triangle . GEOMETRY . 27.
... side upon which any parallelogram , or triangle is supposed to stand , is called the base ; and the perpendicular falling thereon from the opposite angle is called the altitude of the parallelogram , or triangle . GEOMETRY . 27.
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... perpendicular required . PROBLEM III . To raise a perpendicular on the end B of a right line AB , Fig . 20 . Take any point D not in the line AB , and with the distance from D to B , describe a circle cutting AB in E ; from E through D ...
... perpendicular required . PROBLEM III . To raise a perpendicular on the end B of a right line AB , Fig . 20 . Take any point D not in the line AB , and with the distance from D to B , describe a circle cutting AB in E ; from E through D ...
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... the line AB , by Problem III . erect the perpendicular BC , and make it equal to AB ; with A and C as centres , and distance AB or BC describe two arcs cut- ting each other in D ; draw AD , and GEOMETRICAL PROBLEMS . 31.
... the line AB , by Problem III . erect the perpendicular BC , and make it equal to AB ; with A and C as centres , and distance AB or BC describe two arcs cut- ting each other in D ; draw AD , and GEOMETRICAL PROBLEMS . 31.
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... perpendicular to CE : then DG will be a mean propor- tional between A and B. A B G C D F E PROBLEM XVI . To divide a given right line AB into two parts that shall have the same ratio to each other as two given lines C and D. Draw AE ...
... perpendicular to CE : then DG will be a mean propor- tional between A and B. A B G C D F E PROBLEM XVI . To divide a given right line AB into two parts that shall have the same ratio to each other as two given lines C and D. Draw AE ...
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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