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... Rent , due at Mammav South Sholes on the next , Mrs Deadheads in 18 . 24 . otherwife the fame will be Diftrain'd for , without further Notice . Day of May 3 : 2 7 : 6 : 10/2 THE THEORY and PRACTICE O F GAUGING . Demonftrated in.
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... fame Book , I hope that may be look'd on as a fufficient Apology for my Un- dertaking to do what I here offer , which is di- vided into three Parts . The first , as an Introduction to the other Parts , containing the Method of computing ...
... fame Book , I hope that may be look'd on as a fufficient Apology for my Un- dertaking to do what I here offer , which is di- vided into three Parts . The first , as an Introduction to the other Parts , containing the Method of computing ...
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... fame Length : From whence is deduced , occa- fionally , the common fixed Multipliers , and fhewn bow far they may be depended upon , in the Practice of Gauging . Next , a general Theorem is given , for the Menfuration of all Pyramidi ...
... fame Length : From whence is deduced , occa- fionally , the common fixed Multipliers , and fhewn bow far they may be depended upon , in the Practice of Gauging . Next , a general Theorem is given , for the Menfuration of all Pyramidi ...
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... fame ; fo that it is but mere guef fing at beft . But by the Method I here propofe , there is always a Certainty , either to have the Content exactly true , or exceedingly near the Truth : neither is there any Difficulty in taking the ...
... fame ; fo that it is but mere guef fing at beft . But by the Method I here propofe , there is always a Certainty , either to have the Content exactly true , or exceedingly near the Truth : neither is there any Difficulty in taking the ...
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... fame time have demonftrated the Rules they gave . -- From thefe I have felected whatever was thought might conduce either to the Improvement of the Practice of Gauging , or that might make the Reafon of the Methods already given more ...
... fame time have demonftrated the Rules they gave . -- From thefe I have felected whatever was thought might conduce either to the Improvement of the Practice of Gauging , or that might make the Reafon of the Methods already given more ...
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Page 59 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, and each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, and these into thirds, fourths, &c.
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Page 97 - J of the square of their difference, then multiply by the hight, and divide as in the last rule. Having the diameter of a circle given, to find the area. RULE. — Multiply half the diameter by half the circumference, and the product is the area ; or, which is the same thing, multiply the square of the diameter by .7854, and the product is the area.
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Page 272 - To half the Sum of the Squares of the Top and Bottom Diams.
Page 95 - The latter being taken from the former, leaves 3.14.15.9265.5 for the Length of half the Circumference of a Circle whofe Radius is Unity : Therefore the Diameter of any Circle is to its Circutuftrence as I is to 3.1415.9265.5 nearly.
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