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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... bridges Professor Farish's isometrical perspective . 155 - 161 · · 167 · 168 · - 179 - 181 MENSURATION . Mensuration of superficies - 195 Mensuration of solids - 196 Approximate rules for both surfaces and solids - 198 1 MECHANICS ...
... bridges Professor Farish's isometrical perspective . 155 - 161 · · 167 · 168 · - 179 - 181 MENSURATION . Mensuration of superficies - 195 Mensuration of solids - 196 Approximate rules for both surfaces and solids - 198 1 MECHANICS ...
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... bridges and other contractions Contrivances to measure the velocity of running waters Effects of the old London bridge on the tides , & c . Watermills : undershot , overshot , breast , Barker's PNEUMATICS . Equilibrium of air and ...
... bridges and other contractions Contrivances to measure the velocity of running waters Effects of the old London bridge on the tides , & c . Watermills : undershot , overshot , breast , Barker's PNEUMATICS . Equilibrium of air and ...
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... bridges of suspension , or chain bridges . Its consideration cannot , therefore , with propriety be omitted , although it involves mechanical propositions which will be announced subsequently . A D B Let A , B , be the points of ...
... bridges of suspension , or chain bridges . Its consideration cannot , therefore , with propriety be omitted , although it involves mechanical propositions which will be announced subsequently . A D B Let A , B , be the points of ...
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... bridges , with remarks on the Menai bridge , and on the failure of the suspen- sion bridge at Broughton , see Mr. Eaton Hodgkinson's paper in the Memoirs of the Manchester Society , vol . v . , New Series . Table of Relations of ...
... bridges , with remarks on the Menai bridge , and on the failure of the suspen- sion bridge at Broughton , see Mr. Eaton Hodgkinson's paper in the Memoirs of the Manchester Society , vol . v . , New Series . Table of Relations of ...
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... Bridges . " Two examples will serve to illustrate its use . Ex . 1. Suppose that the span of a proposed suspension bridge is 560 feet , and the depression in the middle 253 feet ; what will be the length of the chain , the angle of ...
... Bridges . " Two examples will serve to illustrate its use . Ex . 1. Suppose that the span of a proposed suspension bridge is 560 feet , and the depression in the middle 253 feet ; what will be the length of the chain , the angle of ...
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Σελίδα 10 - 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 11 - Mile {1 Degree of a Great Circle of the Earth An Inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, but subdivisions are used for many purposes. Among mechanics the Inch is commonly divided into eighths. By the officers of the revenue, and by scientific persons, it is divided into tenths, hundredths, &c.
Σελίδα 14 - MEASURE OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes = 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = I Lunar Month 28, 29, 30, or 31 Days = 1 Calendar Month 12 Calendar Months...
Σελίδα 41 - The mean proportional between two numbers is equal to the square root of their product.
Σελίδα 42 - That is, in any proportion, either extreme is equal to the product of the means divided by the other extreme; and either mean is equal to the product of the extremes divided by the other mean.
Σελίδα 60 - To divide a polynomial by a monomial, divide each term of the polynomial by the monomial: (Sab — 12ac) -i- 4a = 36 — 3c.
Σελίδα 21 - 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 249 - ... the rod, so as to occasion the clock to go fast with heat, some mercury must be taken out of the vessel, so as to shorten the column. And thus may the expansion and contraction of the quicksilver in the glass be made exactly to balance the expansion and contraction of the pendulum rod, so as to preserve the distance of the centre of oscillation from the point of suspension invariably the same.
Σελίδα 14 - CIRCLE. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute. 60 Minutes = 1 Degree. 30 Degrees = 1 Sign. 90 Degrees = 1 Quadrant. 360 Degrees, or 12 Signs = 1 Circumference. Formerly the subdivisions were carried on by sixties ; thus, the second was divided into 60 thirds, the third into 60 fourths, &c.
Σελίδα 42 - 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.