An essay on mechanical geometry, explanatory of a set of models1796 |
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... Rule of Three , in common arithmetic . The Author cannot conclude this Preface without thanking his very refpectable Subfcribers for their liberal fupport : to feveral he is indebted , not only for their fubfcription , but for for the ...
... Rule of Three , in common arithmetic . The Author cannot conclude this Preface without thanking his very refpectable Subfcribers for their liberal fupport : to feveral he is indebted , not only for their fubfcription , but for for the ...
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... square , the fimilar figure infcribed in the larger fquare must be a like part of that larger fquare ; and therefore , in all fimilar figures the the rule will hold general , that similar fur- faces Theorems . Book III . 37.
... square , the fimilar figure infcribed in the larger fquare must be a like part of that larger fquare ; and therefore , in all fimilar figures the the rule will hold general , that similar fur- faces Theorems . Book III . 37.
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Benjamin Donne. the rule will hold general , that similar fur- faces are as the fquares of their like sides . BOOK IV . Of Solids . DEFINITION 1. A Cube is a folid bounded by fix equal fquares , erected perpendicular to each other . * 2 ...
Benjamin Donne. the rule will hold general , that similar fur- faces are as the fquares of their like sides . BOOK IV . Of Solids . DEFINITION 1. A Cube is a folid bounded by fix equal fquares , erected perpendicular to each other . * 2 ...
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... rule of three direct , as AB the shadow of the pole is to BC the height of the pole , fo is DE the fhadow of the object to EF the height of the object required . Note , If neither the fun nor moon fhines to caft a fhadow , the height of ...
... rule of three direct , as AB the shadow of the pole is to BC the height of the pole , fo is DE the fhadow of the object to EF the height of the object required . Note , If neither the fun nor moon fhines to caft a fhadow , the height of ...
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... rule of three direct : as the dif- tance AE is to AD the height of the man's eye , fo is the distance EB to the height of the object BC . PROBLEM II . To find the height of an object by a pole . ( Of ufe when there is no fun- fhine nor ...
... rule of three direct : as the dif- tance AE is to AD the height of the man's eye , fo is the distance EB to the height of the object BC . PROBLEM II . To find the height of an object by a pole . ( Of ufe when there is no fun- fhine nor ...
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Seite 4 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Seite 11 - Magnitudes which coincide with one another, that is, which exactly fill the same space, are equal to one another.
Seite 23 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz. either the sides adjacent to the equal...
Seite 24 - If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent.
Seite 12 - ... the three angles of a triangle are together equal to two right angles, although it is not known to all.
Seite 37 - A right circular cone is often called a cone of revolution, because it can be generated by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its shorter sides.
Seite 10 - POSTULATES. 1. LET it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point. 2. That a terminated straight line may be produced to any length in a straight line. 3. And that a circle may be described from any centre, at any distance from that centre.
Seite 65 - Multiply half the circumference by half the diameter, and the product will be the area. Or, divide the product of the whole circumference and diameter -by 4, and the quotient will be the area. 2. Multiply the square of the diameter by .7854, and the product will be the area.
Seite 84 - ... reafonable creatures •, for though we all call ourfelves fo, becaufe we are born to it if we pleafe, yet we may truly fay Nature gives us but the...
Seite 40 - SIMILAR cones and cylinders have to one another the triplicate ratio of that which the diameters of their bases have...