A Course of Mathematics: In Two Volumes. For the Use of Academies, as Well as Private Tuition, Τόμος 1Samuel Campbell, Evert Duyckinck, T. & J. Swords, Peter A. Mesier, R. M'Dermut, Thomas A. Ronalds, John Tiebout, and George Long, 1818 - 558 σελίδες |
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... figure of the earth . This chapter is divided into two sections ; in the first of which is presented a general account of this kind of survey- ing ; and in the second , solutions of the most important prob- lems connected with these ...
... figure of the earth . This chapter is divided into two sections ; in the first of which is presented a general account of this kind of survey- ing ; and in the second , solutions of the most important prob- lems connected with these ...
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... figure of the earth , from the admeasurement of several degrees of the meridian , I found the ratio of the axis to the equatorial diameter , to be as 320 to 321 , and the diameter , when the earth is considered as a globe , to be 79187 ...
... figure of the earth , from the admeasurement of several degrees of the meridian , I found the ratio of the axis to the equatorial diameter , to be as 320 to 321 , and the diameter , when the earth is considered as a globe , to be 79187 ...
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... figures were formerly all called by the general name of Ciphers ; whence it came to pass that the art of Arithmetic was then often called Ciphering . Also the first nine are called Significant Figures , as distinguished from the cipher ...
... figures were formerly all called by the general name of Ciphers ; whence it came to pass that the art of Arithmetic was then often called Ciphering . Also the first nine are called Significant Figures , as distinguished from the cipher ...
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... figure in the first place , reckoning from right to left , denotes only its own simple value ; but that in the second place , denotes ten times its simple value ; and that in the third place , a hundred times its simple value ; and so ...
... figure in the first place , reckoning from right to left , denotes only its own simple value ; but that in the second place , denotes ten times its simple value ; and that in the third place , a hundred times its simple value ; and so ...
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... Figures . 123,456 ; 789,098 ; 765,432 ; 101,234 ; 567,890 . NUMERATION is the reading of any number in words that is proposed or set down in figures ; which will be easily done by help of the following rule , deduced from the fore ...
... Figures . 123,456 ; 789,098 ; 765,432 ; 101,234 ; 567,890 . NUMERATION is the reading of any number in words that is proposed or set down in figures ; which will be easily done by help of the following rule , deduced from the fore ...
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ABCD abscisses altitude arithmetical arithmetical mean arithmetical progression axis base bisected breadth ca² CD² centre chord ciphers circle circumference common cone consequently cube root curve DE² decimal denominator denotes diameter difference distance divide dividend division divisor draw equal equation equiangular EXAMPLES feet figure fraction frustum geometrical geometrical progression given number gives greater half Hence improper fraction inches length logarithm manner measure multiply number of terms ordinates parabola parallel parallelogram perpendicular plane polygon prism PROBLEM proportional Q. E. D. Corol Q. E. D. THEOREM quantity QUEST quotient radius ratio rectangle Reduce remainder right angles right line rule Scholium side AC sine square root subtract surd surface tangent theor theref triangle ABC VULGAR FRACTIONS whole number yards
Δημοφιλή αποσπάσματα
Σελίδα 2 - The sum of the three angles of any triangle is equal to two right angles, this is a . Theorem, the truth of which is demonstrated by Geometry.
Σελίδα 410 - 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 251 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, &c.
Σελίδα 25 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.} = 1 Scruple, . . sc., or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram, . . dr., or 3 . 8 Drams = 1 Ounce, . . oz., or § . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . Ib., or ft,.
Σελίδα 220 - It is required to divide the number 14 into two such parts that the quotient of the greater divided by the less, may be to the quotient of the less divided by the greater as 16 to 9.
Σελίδα 306 - A STRAIGHT line is perpendicular to a plane, when it is perpendicular to every straight line which it meets in that plane.
Σελίδα 55 - 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 257 - AB>AC-BC: that is, the difference of any two sides of a triangle is less than the third side.
Σελίδα 347 - The measure of any angle 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 221 - RULE. Transpose all the terms that involve the unknown quantity to one side of the equation, and the known terms to the other...