A Course of Mathematics: In Three Volumes : Composed for the Use of the Royal Military Academy ...F.C. & J. Rivington, 1811 |
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... turning it over , without moving the foot out of its place , it will do the same by a window 21 feet high , on the other side : required the breadth of the street ? Ans . 56 649 feet . EXAM . IX . A maypole , whose top was broken off by ...
... turning it over , without moving the foot out of its place , it will do the same by a window 21 feet high , on the other side : required the breadth of the street ? Ans . 56 649 feet . EXAM . IX . A maypole , whose top was broken off by ...
Σελίδα 55
... turning home from the ground . Begin at such part of the ground , and measure in such directions as are judged most convenient ; taking angles or directions to objects , and measuring such distances as appear necessary A necessary ...
... turning home from the ground . Begin at such part of the ground , and measure in such directions as are judged most convenient ; taking angles or directions to objects , and measuring such distances as appear necessary A necessary ...
Σελίδα 56
... turning of which the machine goes forward : and the distance measured is pointed out by an index , which is moved round by clock work . Levels , with telescopic or other sights , are used to find the level between place and place , or ...
... turning of which the machine goes forward : and the distance measured is pointed out by an index , which is moved round by clock work . Levels , with telescopic or other sights , are used to find the level between place and place , or ...
Σελίδα 58
... turning the instrument about till the mark B is seen through these sights ; and there screw the instrument fast . Then turn the moveable index round , till through its sights the other mark c is seen . Then the degrees cut by the index ...
... turning the instrument about till the mark B is seen through these sights ; and there screw the instrument fast . Then turn the moveable index round , till through its sights the other mark c is seen . Then the degrees cut by the index ...
Σελίδα 59
... Turn the instrument or compass so , that the north end of the needle point to the flower - de - luce . Then direct the sights to one mark as B , and note the degrees cut by the needle . Next direct the sights to the other mark c , and ...
... Turn the instrument or compass so , that the north end of the needle point to the flower - de - luce . Then direct the sights to one mark as B , and note the degrees cut by the needle . Next direct the sights to the other mark c , and ...
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Σελίδα 52 - 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.
Σελίδα 1 - Geom.) is an arc of any circle contained between the two lines which form that angle, the angular point being the centre ; and it is estimated by the number of degrees contained in that arc.
Σελίδα 79 - A diameter is any right line, as AB or DE, drawn through the centre, and terminated on each side by the curve ; and the extremities of the diameter, or its intersections with the curve, are its vertices. Hence all the diameters of a parabola are parallel to the axi?, and infinite in length.
Σελίδα 23 - Being on a horizontal plane, and wanting to ascertain the height of a tower, standing on the top of an inaccessible hill, there were measured, the angle of elevation of the top of the hill 40°, and of the top of the tower 51° ; then measuring in a direct line 180 feet farther from the hill, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower was 33° 45' ; required the height of the tower.
Σελίδα 245 - May-pole, whose top was broken off" by a blast of wind, struck the ground at the distance of 15 feet from the foot of the pole ; what was the height of the whole May-pole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet ?
Σελίδα 250 - Then say, As the weight lost in water, Is to the whole weight> So is the specific gravity of water, To the specific gravity of the body.
Σελίδα 263 - It is determined, we find, as a certain fraction of the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds in the latitude of London.
Σελίδα 27 - To find the area of a parallelogram, the length being 12-25, and height 8-5. 12-25 length 8'5 breadth 6125 9800 104-125 area . Ex. 2. To find the area of a square, whose side is 35'25 chains. Ans. 124 acres, 1 rood, 1 perch.
Σελίδα 72 - ARTIFICERS' WORK. ARTIFICERS compute the contents of their works by several different measures. As, Glazing and masonry, by the foot ; Painting, plastering, paving, &c, by the yard, of 9 square feet : Flooring, partitioning, roofing, tiling, &c, by the square of 100 - square feet : And brickwork...
Σελίδα 72 - ... the whole length of the upper part of the hand-rail, and girt over its end till it meet the top of the...