Mathematics for Practical Men: Being a Common-place Book of Principles, Theorems, Rules, and Tables, in Various Departments of Pure and Mixed Mathematics, with Their Application; Especially to the Pursuits of Surveyors, Architects, Mechanics, and Civil EngineersE. L. Carey and A. Hart, 1834 - 427 σελίδες |
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... employed in that science , and to impart an accurate know- ledge of the most useful fundamental propositions , with ... employ them ; and these being possessed as valuable pre - requisites , the course of an author is thereby facilitated ...
... employed in that science , and to impart an accurate know- ledge of the most useful fundamental propositions , with ... employ them ; and these being possessed as valuable pre - requisites , the course of an author is thereby facilitated ...
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... employed , namely 0 , called the cipher or zero ; which has no particular value of itself , but by its position is made to change the value of any significant figures with which it is connected . In the system of numeration now ...
... employed , namely 0 , called the cipher or zero ; which has no particular value of itself , but by its position is made to change the value of any significant figures with which it is connected . In the system of numeration now ...
Σελίδα 3
... employed in the measurement and computation of artificer's work ; the latter in the division of a circle , and of an hour in time . To the head of notation we may also refer the explanation of the principal symbols or characters employed ...
... employed in the measurement and computation of artificer's work ; the latter in the division of a circle , and of an hour in time . To the head of notation we may also refer the explanation of the principal symbols or characters employed ...
Σελίδα 4
... employed whenever they secure brevity without a sacrifice of perspicuity . SECTION II . - Addition of Whole Numbers . ADDITION is the rule by which two or more numbers are collected into one aggregate or sum . Suppose it were required ...
... employed whenever they secure brevity without a sacrifice of perspicuity . SECTION II . - Addition of Whole Numbers . ADDITION is the rule by which two or more numbers are collected into one aggregate or sum . Suppose it were required ...
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... employed ) makes the 5 become 15. Then 8 taken from 15 leaves 7 , which is put down ; and 1 is added to the 9 in the 7th place of the subtrahend , to compensate or balance the 1 which was borrowed from the 7th place in the minuend ...
... employed ) makes the 5 become 15. Then 8 taken from 15 leaves 7 , which is put down ; and 1 is added to the 9 in the 7th place of the subtrahend , to compensate or balance the 1 which was borrowed from the 7th place in the minuend ...
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Σελίδα 12 - Yard, when compared with a Pendulum vibrating Seconds of Mean Time in the Latitude of London in a Vacuum at the Level of the Sea is in the proportion of Thirty-Six Inches to Thirty-Nine Inches and one thousand three hundred and ninety-three ten-thousandth Parts of an Inch...
Σελίδα 121 - 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.
Σελίδα 13 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard...
Σελίδα 54 - To divide a polynomial by a monomial, divide each term of the polynomial by the monomial: (Sab — 12ac) -i- 4a = 36 — 3c.
Σελίδα 23 - Operations with Fractions A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator.
Σελίδα 16 - Minute 60 Minutes = 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month 28, 29, 30, or 31 Days = 1 Calendar Month 12 Calendar Months = 1 Year 365 Days = 1 Common Year 366 Days =1 Leap Year In 400 Years, 97 are leap years, and 303 common. WEIGHT OF ENGLISH COINS. Gold. dwt. gr. Sovereign 5 3J Half Sovereign 2 13J Double Sovereign 10 6} Silver.
Σελίδα 16 - Every mass of alloyed gold is supposed to be divided into 24 equal parts ; thus the standard for coin is 22 carat fine, that is, it consists of 22 parts of pure gold and 2 parts of alloy.
Σελίδα 413 - Strength of Cast Iron, &c. A PRACTICAL ESSAY on the STRENGTH of CAST IRON and OTHER METALS. By the late THOMAS TREDGOLD, Mem. Inst. CE, Author of "Elementary Principles of Carpentry,
Σελίδα 44 - In a series of equal ratios, the sum of the antecedents is to the sum of the consequents as any antecedent is to its consequent.
Σελίδα 45 - Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into.