A general view of the sciences and arts, Τόμος 1 |
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Σελίδα 48
... falls without it , is said to touch the parabola at that point , and is called a tangent to that parabola , as HI . ' The ordinate to a diameter of an ellipse , is a line parallel to its conjugate , or to the tangent at its vertex , and ...
... falls without it , is said to touch the parabola at that point , and is called a tangent to that parabola , as HI . ' The ordinate to a diameter of an ellipse , is a line parallel to its conjugate , or to the tangent at its vertex , and ...
Σελίδα 57
... area of a triangle . Multiply any one of its sides by the perpendicular let fall upon it from the opposite angle , and half the product will be the area . Problem . To find the area of a circle . THE SCIENCES AND ARTS . 57.
... area of a triangle . Multiply any one of its sides by the perpendicular let fall upon it from the opposite angle , and half the product will be the area . Problem . To find the area of a circle . THE SCIENCES AND ARTS . 57.
Σελίδα 59
... fall into the eight teeth of another nut fixed on one end of an iron rod ; and thus turn the rod once round , in the time the wheel makes one revolu- tion . This rod , lying along a groove in the side of the carriage of the instrument ...
... fall into the eight teeth of another nut fixed on one end of an iron rod ; and thus turn the rod once round , in the time the wheel makes one revolu- tion . This rod , lying along a groove in the side of the carriage of the instrument ...
Σελίδα 60
... falling into the thirty - two teeth of a wheel , perpendicular thereto , upon driving the instrument forward , that wheel makes a re- volution each sixteenth pole . On the axis of this wheel is a pinion with six teeth ; which fall- ing ...
... falling into the thirty - two teeth of a wheel , perpendicular thereto , upon driving the instrument forward , that wheel makes a re- volution each sixteenth pole . On the axis of this wheel is a pinion with six teeth ; which fall- ing ...
Σελίδα 63
... fall under the cognizance of the officers of the excise . It derives its name from a rod , called a gauge , used for this purpose . From the way in which casks are constructed , they are evidently solids of no determinate geo- metrical ...
... fall under the cognizance of the officers of the excise . It derives its name from a rod , called a gauge , used for this purpose . From the way in which casks are constructed , they are evidently solids of no determinate geo- metrical ...
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Σελίδα 60 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Σελίδα 227 - Every body continues in a state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by a force impressed upon it.
Σελίδα 228 - To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and directed to contrary pans.
Σελίδα 32 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...
Σελίδα 90 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under this sum write the denominator.
Σελίδα 228 - The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.
Σελίδα 55 - PROBLEM I. To find the area of a parallelogram, whether it be a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, or a rhomboides.
Σελίδα 157 - It is bounded on the North by the Arctic Ocean ; on the East by the Pacific Ocean ; on the South by the Indian Ocean ; and on the West by the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Oural Mountains.
Σελίδα 97 - 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 19 - ... When a straight line standing on another straight line, makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it. 11. An obtuse angle is that which is greater than a right angle. 12. An acute angle is that which is less than a right angle. 13. A term or boundary is the extremity of any thing.