Mathematics: Compiled from the Best Authors and Intended to be the Text-book of the Course of Private Lectures on These Sciences in the University at Cambridge, Band 2Printed at the University Press, by WilliamHilliard, 1801 |
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... means of the continual bisection of an arc of a circle , which was so exceedingly troublesome and la- borious , that it must have cost him incredible pains . It is said . to have been thought so curious a performance , that the numbers ...
... means of the continual bisection of an arc of a circle , which was so exceedingly troublesome and la- borious , that it must have cost him incredible pains . It is said . to have been thought so curious a performance , that the numbers ...
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... means , given a quadrature of the circle , which is true to 100 places of decimals ; and M. De Lagny and M. Euler have carried it still farther . And these last expressions are so extremely near the truth , that , except the ratio could ...
... means , given a quadrature of the circle , which is true to 100 places of decimals ; and M. De Lagny and M. Euler have carried it still farther . And these last expressions are so extremely near the truth , that , except the ratio could ...
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... mean breadth , which multiply by the length , for the area . " EXAMPLES . 1. The breadths of an irregular figure , at five equidis tant places being AD 81 , mp 74 , ng 9 ° 2 , or 10 ° 1 , BC 86 ; and the length AB 39 ; required the area ...
... mean breadth , which multiply by the length , for the area . " EXAMPLES . 1. The breadths of an irregular figure , at five equidis tant places being AD 81 , mp 74 , ng 9 ° 2 , or 10 ° 1 , BC 86 ; and the length AB 39 ; required the area ...
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... mean between the axes ex- ceeds their geometrical mean ; and , that the geometrical mean is the diameter of a circle , equal in area to the ellipse ; which circle is of less ambit than the ellipse , or any other figure , of the same ...
... mean between the axes ex- ceeds their geometrical mean ; and , that the geometrical mean is the diameter of a circle , equal in area to the ellipse ; which circle is of less ambit than the ellipse , or any other figure , of the same ...
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... mean proportional between the two axes , and hence the rule is formed for the whole ellipse . The ellipse is equal to a circle , whose diameter is a cular segments , a circular segment having the same versed MENSURATION OF SUPERFICIES . 79.
... mean proportional between the two axes , and hence the rule is formed for the whole ellipse . The ellipse is equal to a circle , whose diameter is a cular segments , a circular segment having the same versed MENSURATION OF SUPERFICIES . 79.
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abscisses ADBA altitude angle answer axes axis azimuth base breadth bung diameter cask centre chord circumference cone conjugate cosine course curve declination departure dial diff difference of latitude difference of longitude distance divided draw drawn ecliptic ellipse equal equinoctial EXAMPLES feet figure find the area find the solidity frustum given head diameter height Hence horizon hour angle hour lines hyperbola hypotenuse intersection latit measure meridian middle latitude miles multiply the sum NOTE oblique circle opposite ordinate parabola parallel of latitude parallel sailing parallelogram perpendicular plane sailing pole primitive PROBLEM PROBLEM projection proportion quadrant radius rectangle Required the area Required the content right ascension right line RULE secant segment side sphere spherical triangle spindle square star station stile subtract sun's tance tang tangent THEOREM transverse trapezium triangle ABC ullage wine gallons yards
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Seite 21 - As the base or sum of the segments Is to the sum of the other two sides, So is the difference of those sides To the difference of the segments of the base.
Seite 17 - To find the other side: — as the sum of the two given sides is to their difference, so is the tangent of half the sum of their opposite angles to the tangent of half their difference...
Seite 83 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Seite 328 - The conjugate to any diameter is the line drawn through the centre, and parallel to the tangent of the curve at the vertex of the diameter. So...
Seite 28 - But if the hypothenuse be made radius -, then each leg "will represent the sine of its opposite angle ; namely, the leg AB the sine of the arc AE or angle c, and the leg BC the sine of the arc CD or angle A.
Seite 83 - The axis of a solid is a line drawn from the middle of one end to the middle of the opposite end ; as between the opposite ends of a prism.
Seite 83 - The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which remains fixed.
Seite 130 - Between these, in a right line, stands an ancient statue, the head whereof is 97 feet from the summit of the higher, and 86 feet from the top of the lower column, and the distance between the...
Seite 205 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Seite 38 - Multiply the sum of the two parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and half the product will be the area.