| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 442 pages
...the quotient required. 6. Proportion by the line of equal parts. Make lateral diiiance of the fécond term the parallel diftance of the firft term, the...parallel diftance of 6, extended from the centre, (hall reach to the fourth proportional 3. Tn the fame manner, a third proportional is found to two... | |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pages
...lateral diilance of the fécond term the parallel dirtance of the firft term, the parallel diilance of the third term is the fourth proportional. Example....fourth proportional to 8, 4, and 6, take the lateral dirtance of 4. and make it the parallel diilance of 8 ; then the parallel diflance of 6, extended from... | |
| Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1811 - 580 pages
...lateral distance of the second terra the parallel distance of the first term ; the parallel distance of the third term is the fourth proportional. Example....fourth proportional to 8, 4, and 6, take the lateral distance of 4, and make it the parallel distance of 8 ; then the parallel distance of 6, extended from... | |
| George Adams - Geometry - 1813 - 576 pages
...lateral distance of the second term the parallel distance of the first term ; the parallel distance of the third term is the fourth proportional. Example....fourth proportional to 8, 4, and 6, take the lateral distance of 4, and make it the parallel distance of 8 ; then the parallel distance of 6, extended from... | |
| George Adams - Geometry - 1813 - 648 pages
...distance of the first term; the parallel distance of the third term. is the fourth proportional. Exampk. To find a fourth proportional to 8, 4, and 6, take the lateral distance of 4, and make it the parallel distance of 8 ; then the parallel distance of 6, extended from... | |
| Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1814 - 558 pages
...lateral distance of the second term the parallel distance of the first term ; the parallel distance of the third term is the fourth proportional. Example....fourth proportional to 8, 4, and 6, take the lateral distance of 4, and make it the parallel distance of 8 ; then the parallel distance of 6, extended from... | |
| Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 746 pages
...quotient required. 6. Proportion by the line of equ.il pirfs. Make the lateral diftance of the fecund term the parallel diftance of the firft term; the...third term is the fourth proportional. Example. To rind a fourth proportional to 8, 4, and 6, take the lateral dift.incc of 4, and make it the parallel... | |
| Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1821 - 594 pages
...distance of the first term; the parallel distance of the third term is the fourth proportional. Examplc. To find a fourth proportional to 8, 4, and 6, take the lateral distance of 4, and make it the parallel distance of 8, then the parallel distance of 6, extended from... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 936 pages
...lateral distance of the second term the parallel distance of the first term, the parallel distance 7 distance of 4, and make it the parallel distance of 8 ; then the parallel distance of 6, extended from... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 420 pages
...lateral distance of the second term the parallel distance of the first term ; the parallel distance of the third term is the fourth proportional. Example....fourth proportional to 8, 4, and 6, take the lateral distance of 4, and make it the parallel distance of 8 ; then the parallel distance of 6, extended from... | |
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