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... root . cube root , & c . diff . between two numbers when it is not known which is the greater . 5 + 3 , denotes that 3 is to be added to 5 . 6 2 , denotes that 2 is to be taken from 6 . - 7 x 3 , or . 3 , denotes that 7 is to be ...
... root . cube root , & c . diff . between two numbers when it is not known which is the greater . 5 + 3 , denotes that 3 is to be added to 5 . 6 2 , denotes that 2 is to be taken from 6 . - 7 x 3 , or . 3 , denotes that 7 is to be ...
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... Ans . 6.56+ SECTION II . INVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION . INVOLUTION is the method of raising any num- ber , considered as the root , to any required power . Any number , whether given , or assumed at pleasure DECIMAL FRACTIONS . 15.
... Ans . 6.56+ SECTION II . INVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION . INVOLUTION is the method of raising any num- ber , considered as the root , to any required power . Any number , whether given , or assumed at pleasure DECIMAL FRACTIONS . 15.
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... root , or first power of this number ; and its other powers are the pro- ducts , that result from multiplying the ... root , as in the follow- ing EXAMPLE , where the method of involution is plainly exhibited . Required the fifth power ...
... root , or first power of this number ; and its other powers are the pro- ducts , that result from multiplying the ... root , as in the follow- ing EXAMPLE , where the method of involution is plainly exhibited . Required the fifth power ...
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... root from any given power . Any number may be considered as a power of some other number ; and the required root of any given power is that number , which , being multi- plied into itself a particular number of times , pro- duces the ...
... root from any given power . Any number may be considered as a power of some other number ; and the required root of any given power is that number , which , being multi- plied into itself a particular number of times , pro- duces the ...
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... root of 8 cubed ; and , in general , the fractional indices imply , that the given numbers are to be raised to such powers as are denoted by their numerators , and that such roots are to be extracted from these powers , as are denoted ...
... root of 8 cubed ; and , in general , the fractional indices imply , that the given numbers are to be raised to such powers as are denoted by their numerators , and that such roots are to be extracted from these powers , as are denoted ...
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acres altitude Answer arch azimuth base bearing blank line centre chains and links chord circle circumferentor Co-sec Co-tang column compasses contained decimal difference distance line divided divisions draw east Ecliptic edge feet field-book figures fore four-pole chains geom given number half the sum Horizon glass hypothenuse inches instrument Lat Dep Lat latitude length logarithm measure meridian distance multiplied natural co-sine natural sine needle Nonius number of degrees object observed off-sets opposite parallel parallelogram pegs perches perpendicular plane pole pole star Portmarnock PROB protractor Quadrant quotient radius right angles right line scale of equal SCHOLIUM screw Secant sect Sextant side sights square station stationary distance subtract Sun's survey taken Tang tangent theo theodolite trapezium triangle ABC trigonometry two-pole chains vane versed sine vulgar fraction whence
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Page 38 - The angle in a semicircle is a right angle ; the angle in a segment greater than a semicircle is less than a right angle ; and the angle in a segment less than a semicircle is greater than a right angle.
Page 25 - 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, &c.
Page 197 - RULE. From half the sum of the three sides subtract each side severally.
Page 106 - C' (89) (90) (91) (92) (93) 112. In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 27 - The VERSED SINE of an arc is that part of the diameter which is between the sine and the arc. Thus BA is the versed sine of the arc AG.