 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1811 - 580 pages
...hundreds, then will the first be tens, and the second units. The numbers therefore, 576, 57,0, 5,7(), arc all expressible by the same extent of the compasses...576. Or, if the five larger divisions be taken for fi ve tens, or 50, seven of the first subdivisions will be seven units, and the six second subdivisions... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1814 - 558 pages
...if the five ยป larger divisions be taken for 500, seven of the first subdivisions will be 70, \vhich upon the sixth parallel, taking in six of the second...the five larger divisions be taken for five tens, or 50, seven of the first subdivisions will be seven units, and the six second subdivisions upon the sixth... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1821 - 594 pages
...will be tenth parts of an unit, and the second, marked by the diagonal upon the parallels, hundreth parts of the unit. But, if we suppose the larger divisions...the five larger divisions be taken for five tens, or 50, seven of the first subdivisions will be seven units, and the six second subdivisions upon the sixth... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1832 - 290 pages
...5,76, are all expressible by the same extent of the compasses : thus, setting one foot in the number 5 of the larger divisions, extend the other along the...the five larger divisions be taken for five tens, or 50, seven of the first subdivisions will be seven units, and the six second subdivisions upon the sixth... | |
 | Henry S. Merrett - 1863 - 428 pages
...5.76, are all expressible by the same extent of the compasses; thus, setting one foot in the number 5 of the larger divisions, extend the other along the...taking in six of the second subdivisions for units, make the whole number equal 576. Or if the five larger divisions be taken for five tens, or 50, seven... | |
 | Henry S. Merrett - 1863 - 476 pages
...5.76, are all expressible by the same extent of the compasses; thus, setting one foot in the number 5 of the larger divisions, extend the other along the...taking in six of the second subdivisions for units, make the whole number equal 576. Or if the five larger divisions be taken for five tens, or 50, seven... | |
 | John William Norie, J. W. Saul - Nautical astronomy - 1917 - 642 pages
...diagonal, that distance will be the extent required ; for if the three larger divisions be taken for 300, seven of the first subdivisions will be 70, which,...taking in six of the second subdivisions for units, make the whole number 376 : or if the three larger divisions be taken for 30, seven of the first subdivisions... | |
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... of the larger divisions, extend the other along the sixth parallel to the seventh diagonal. For, if the five larger divisions be taken for 500, seven of the first subdivisions will be 70, which upon the sixth parallel, taking in six of the second... 