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... whole being originally defign'd for the benefit of the Officers of the Excife , that they might not only be acquainted with the most eafy and exact Me- thods for Practice , but be at the fame time cer- tain of the Truth of the Rules ...
... whole being originally defign'd for the benefit of the Officers of the Excife , that they might not only be acquainted with the most eafy and exact Me- thods for Practice , but be at the fame time cer- tain of the Truth of the Rules ...
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... whole Numbers only ; and the Sliding - Rule , on which the Practice of Gauging fo much depends , being decimally divided , it feem'd unavoidable in this Treatife to give a fhort Account of Decimal Arith- metick . But fince in the common ...
... whole Numbers only ; and the Sliding - Rule , on which the Practice of Gauging fo much depends , being decimally divided , it feem'd unavoidable in this Treatife to give a fhort Account of Decimal Arith- metick . But fince in the common ...
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... Whole may be conceived as divifible into any Number of equal Parts , any Multitude of which , lefs than the Whole , is in general ( properly ) call'd a Fraction . But it is manifeft in order to form an Idea of the Magnitude or Value of ...
... Whole may be conceived as divifible into any Number of equal Parts , any Multitude of which , lefs than the Whole , is in general ( properly ) call'd a Fraction . But it is manifeft in order to form an Idea of the Magnitude or Value of ...
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... , viz . tenths under tenths , hundreds un- der hundreds , thousands under thoufands , & c . then add them together as whole Numbers , and B 3 place place the decimal Point of the Sum directly under thofe PRACTICE of GAUGING . 5.
... , viz . tenths under tenths , hundreds un- der hundreds , thousands under thoufands , & c . then add them together as whole Numbers , and B 3 place place the decimal Point of the Sum directly under thofe PRACTICE of GAUGING . 5.
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... whole Numbers ; if not , fupply the Defect by annexing Cyphers to the former ; af- ter which , profecute the Divifion , and cut off from the Quotient as many Figures for Decimals , as there are Decimals in the Dividend more than the ...
... whole Numbers ; if not , fupply the Defect by annexing Cyphers to the former ; af- ter which , profecute the Divifion , and cut off from the Quotient as many Figures for Decimals , as there are Decimals in the Dividend more than the ...
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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.
Page 7 - In multiplication of decimals, we know that the number of decimal places in the product is equal to the sum of those in both the factors.
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.
Page 282 - Sort is, to multiply the two Weights together, and extract the Square Root of. the Product, which Root will be the true Weight.
Page 283 - Backs time ufed, and become more and more uneven as they grow older, efpecially fuch as are not every where well and equally fupported ; many of them...
Page 187 - Sum of thofe next to them, C the Sum of the two next following the laft, and fo on ; then we (hall have the following fables of Areas, for the feveral Numbers of Ordinates prefixt againft them, viz.
Page 86 - Progreflion from o, is equal to the Product of the laft Term by the Number of Terms, and this divided by the Index (m) plus Unity.
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.
Page 86 - Numbr infinitely greAt, therefore the firft Term of the above Value of /, muft be infinitely greater than any of the...