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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Σελίδα vii
... difference , however , occasioned by the leading object of the publication , that popular illustrations are more frequently introduced , practical applications incessantly borne in mind , and such tables as seemed best calculated to ...
... difference , however , occasioned by the leading object of the publication , that popular illustrations are more frequently introduced , practical applications incessantly borne in mind , and such tables as seemed best calculated to ...
Σελίδα 3
... difference , and is placed between two quantities when it is not immediately evident which of them is the greater . The sign x ( into ) , for multiplication , indicates the product . of two numbers between which it is placed . Thus 8 ...
... difference , and is placed between two quantities when it is not immediately evident which of them is the greater . The sign x ( into ) , for multiplication , indicates the product . of two numbers between which it is placed . Thus 8 ...
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... difference or excess . The number to be subtracted or taken away is called the subtrahend ; the number from which it is to be taken , the minuend : the quantity resulting , the remainder . RULE . Write the minuend and the subtrahend in ...
... difference or excess . The number to be subtracted or taken away is called the subtrahend ; the number from which it is to be taken , the minuend : the quantity resulting , the remainder . RULE . Write the minuend and the subtrahend in ...
Σελίδα 6
... difference between a number and a greater that naturally stands beneath it ; it is therefore , expedient to practise the operation in both ways , so that it may , however it occur , be performed without hesi- tation . Example ...
... difference between a number and a greater that naturally stands beneath it ; it is therefore , expedient to practise the operation in both ways , so that it may , however it occur , be performed without hesi- tation . Example ...
Σελίδα 26
... difference as a new numerator over the common denominator . If the fractions have not a common denominator , they must be reduced to that state before the operation is performed . In addition of mixed numbers , it is usually best to ...
... difference as a new numerator over the common denominator . If the fractions have not a common denominator , they must be reduced to that state before the operation is performed . In addition of mixed numbers , it is usually best to ...
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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.