A Complete Treatise on the Mensuration of Timber: Containing, Besides All the Rules Usually Given on the Subject, Some New and Interesting Improvements, Particularly the New Expeditions, and Very Accurate Method of Calculating the Contents of Square and Round Timber, EtcJ. Thompson, 1805 - 87 σελίδες |
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... breadth is greater than its thick- nefs ; and under the truth , on tapering fquare timber ; and about one fourth part under the truth , on round timber . There are alfo other examples , with their an- fwers according to the true and ...
... breadth is greater than its thick- nefs ; and under the truth , on tapering fquare timber ; and about one fourth part under the truth , on round timber . There are alfo other examples , with their an- fwers according to the true and ...
Σελίδα 17
... breadth contains ? B. L. B. As II .75 IXI .75 - = 1.533 + = 1 foot 4 inches the length_re- quired . Ex . 2. How many yards of matting that is 2 feet 6 inches broad , will cover a floor that is 27 feet long and 20 broad ? Ft Ft Ft As 20 ...
... breadth contains ? B. L. B. As II .75 IXI .75 - = 1.533 + = 1 foot 4 inches the length_re- quired . Ex . 2. How many yards of matting that is 2 feet 6 inches broad , will cover a floor that is 27 feet long and 20 broad ? Ft Ft Ft As 20 ...
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... breadth and thicknefs . RULE . and Multiply the breadth by the thickness , by Problem 1 ; extract the fquare root of their product , by Froblem 4 ; with this fquare root ( as the fide of the square ) the folid content is found by ...
... breadth and thicknefs . RULE . and Multiply the breadth by the thickness , by Problem 1 ; extract the fquare root of their product , by Froblem 4 ; with this fquare root ( as the fide of the square ) the folid content is found by ...
Σελίδα 37
... breadth , or the breadth by the length , and either product is the fuperficial content . EXAMPLE . What is the fuperficial content of a plank that is 15 inches broad and 17 feet long ? Decimally . F. Duodecimally . By Reduction ...
... breadth , or the breadth by the length , and either product is the fuperficial content . EXAMPLE . What is the fuperficial content of a plank that is 15 inches broad and 17 feet long ? Decimally . F. Duodecimally . By Reduction ...
Σελίδα 38
... breadth . RULE . Add the breadth of both ends together , and take half the fum for the mean breadth , which multiply by the length for the content . EXAMPLE . Required the content of a plank that is 21 feet long , and the breadth at the ...
... breadth . RULE . Add the breadth of both ends together , and take half the fum for the mean breadth , which multiply by the length for the content . EXAMPLE . Required the content of a plank that is 21 feet long , and the breadth at the ...
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Σελίδα 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Σελίδα 14 - Denomination given, annex a competent Number of Cyphers, and divide by the Number of fuch Parts that are contained in the greater Denomination, to which the Decimal is to be be brought ; and the Quotient is the Decimal fought.
Σελίδα 12 - Multiply the remainder by the next inferior denomination, and cut off a remainder as before ; and so on through all the parts of the integer, and the several denominations standing on the left hand, make the answer.
Σελίδα 22 - EXTRACTION OF THE CUBE ROOT. A CUBE is any number multiplied by its square. To extract the cube root, is to find a number which, being multiplied into its square, shall produce the given number. RULE.
Σελίδα 33 - Dimenfions are generally taken in fret, inches, and parts. Inches and parts are fometimes called primes, feconds, thirds, &c. and are marked thus : inches or primes, ('}, feconds ("), thirds (>"), fourths (""), &c.
Σελίδα 18 - THE RAISING OF POWERS. A power is the product arising from multiplying any given number into itself continually a certain number of times; thus, 2x2= 4 the second power or square of 2.
Σελίδα 13 - DIVIDE by the number of parts in the next higher denomination ; continuing the operation to as many higher denominations as may be necessary, the same as in ReductionAscending of whole numbers.
Σελίδα 17 - 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.
Σελίδα 9 - Rule. at the right hand, add up all the columns of numbers as in integers; and point off as many places for decimals, as are in the greatest number of decimal places in any of the lines that are added ; or place the point directly below all the other points.
Σελίδα 11 - REDUCTION OF DECIMALS. CASE I. To reduce a Vulgar Fraction to its equivalent Decimal. RULE. Annex cyphers to the numerator, and divide by the denominator ; and the quotient will be the decimal required.