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... METER . In order to ascertain more accurately the length of a quadrant , new measurements of the earth were subsequently instituted under the direc- tion of eminent mathematicians , who measured the arc of a meridi..n between the ...
... METER . In order to ascertain more accurately the length of a quadrant , new measurements of the earth were subsequently instituted under the direc- tion of eminent mathematicians , who measured the arc of a meridi..n between the ...
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... meters ; deka- liter , ten liters ; hectometer , one hundred meters ; hectogram , one hundred grams ; kilometer , one thousand meters ; myria- meter , ten thousand meters , etc. So , also , the word decimeter signifies the tenth part of a ...
... meters ; deka- liter , ten liters ; hectometer , one hundred meters ; hectogram , one hundred grams ; kilometer , one thousand meters ; myria- meter , ten thousand meters , etc. So , also , the word decimeter signifies the tenth part of a ...
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... meters are nearly equal to 1 rod . NOTE 4.1 1 kilometer is a little less than § of a mile . NOTE 5 . 6 miles . 1 myriameter is a little more than Although the meter is generally con- sidered the unit of length , yet in esti mating great ...
... meters are nearly equal to 1 rod . NOTE 4.1 1 kilometer is a little less than § of a mile . NOTE 5 . 6 miles . 1 myriameter is a little more than Although the meter is generally con- sidered the unit of length , yet in esti mating great ...
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... meters as centimeters . 2. Express 37.2 meters as kilometers . 3. Express 12 hectometers as meters . 4. Express 25 millimeters as meters . Ans . 524cm Ans . .0372km . Ans . 1200m . Ans . .025m . 5. In 518 meters how many decimeters ...
... meters as centimeters . 2. Express 37.2 meters as kilometers . 3. Express 12 hectometers as meters . 4. Express 25 millimeters as meters . Ans . 524cm Ans . .0372km . Ans . 1200m . Ans . .025m . 5. In 518 meters how many decimeters ...
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... meters , and two for sq . millimeters : thus , 4 sq . meters , 8 sq . decimeters , are written 4.08sq m . In what places at the right of the decimal point are sq . deci- meters written ? sq . centimeters ? sq . millimeters ? EXAMPLES ...
... meters , and two for sq . millimeters : thus , 4 sq . meters , 8 sq . decimeters , are written 4.08sq m . In what places at the right of the decimal point are sq . deci- meters written ? sq . centimeters ? sq . millimeters ? EXAMPLES ...
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Page 117 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 268 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 68 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 289 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called a circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 306 - The sum of all the terms. Any three of which being given, the other two may be found.
Page 114 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as AEFGBD.
Page 278 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 306 - ... found. This gives rise to twenty distinct cases, a few of the more important of which will be here presented. NOTE I. — For the remaining cases, also for full discussions of Geometrical Progression and Annuities, the student is referred to works on Algebra.
Page 10 - L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand.
Page 248 - The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes and 4 and 6 are the means.