An essay on mechanical geometry, explanatory of a set of models1796 |
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... arithmetic . The Author cannot conclude this Preface without thanking his very refpectable Subfcribers for their liberal fupport : to feveral he is indebted , not only for their fubfcription , but for for the active part they have taken ...
... arithmetic . The Author cannot conclude this Preface without thanking his very refpectable Subfcribers for their liberal fupport : to feveral he is indebted , not only for their fubfcription , but for for the active part they have taken ...
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... arithmetic , is called the cube . Again ; If a pyramid be cut out of a large cube it will be one third of that cube ; and if out of a leffer cube , it will be one third of that leffer cube ; and therefore , these py- ramids must be as ...
... arithmetic , is called the cube . Again ; If a pyramid be cut out of a large cube it will be one third of that cube ; and if out of a leffer cube , it will be one third of that leffer cube ; and therefore , these py- ramids must be as ...
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... arithmetic . In like manner may be found the length of a ladder that will reach the top of a wall , the height of the wall and distance of the foot of the ladder from the wall being given . PROBLEM 14. Given the hypothenuse and one of ...
... arithmetic . In like manner may be found the length of a ladder that will reach the top of a wall , the height of the wall and distance of the foot of the ladder from the wall being given . PROBLEM 14. Given the hypothenuse and one of ...
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... arithmetic . Before we proceed farther , the young student should make himself acquainted with the following characters ; which are not only neceffary , for understanding the doc- trine of proportion here treated of ; but , alfo , for ...
... arithmetic . Before we proceed farther , the young student should make himself acquainted with the following characters ; which are not only neceffary , for understanding the doc- trine of proportion here treated of ; but , alfo , for ...
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... : b :: c : d ; then bc , and ad ; which is more frequently ex- bxc preffed thus , a = d . N. B. On this Theorem , the rule of three direct , in common arithmetic , is founded . Corollary . ( 16 E. 1 , or 6 D. On Proportion . Book VIII . 77.
... : b :: c : d ; then bc , and ad ; which is more frequently ex- bxc preffed thus , a = d . N. B. On this Theorem , the rule of three direct , in common arithmetic , is founded . Corollary . ( 16 E. 1 , or 6 D. On Proportion . Book VIII . 77.
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Page 4 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Page 11 - Magnitudes which coincide with one another, that is, which exactly fill the same space, are equal to one another.
Page 23 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz. either the sides adjacent to the equal...
Page 24 - If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent.
Page 12 - ... the three angles of a triangle are together equal to two right angles, although it is not known to all.
Page 37 - A right circular cone is often called a cone of revolution, because it can be generated by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its shorter sides.
Page 10 - POSTULATES. 1. LET it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. 2. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. 3. And that a circle may be described from any centre, at any distance from that centre.
Page 65 - Multiply half the circumference by half the diameter, and the product will be the area. Or, divide the product of the whole circumference and diameter -by 4, and the quotient will be the area. 2. Multiply the square of the diameter by .7854, and the product will be the area.
Page 84 - ... reafonable creatures •, for though we all call ourfelves fo, becaufe we are born to it if we pleafe, yet we may truly fay Nature gives us but the...
Page 40 - SIMILAR cones and cylinders have to one another the triplicate ratio of that which the diameters of their bases have...