A Treatise on Practical Mensuration in Eight Parts ...T. Wilson and sons; and sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824 - 434 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 84
... Sometimes it is most convenient to measure a line on the outside of the field , and upon it erect perpendiculars to the crooked fence . These are called insets ; " and the area thus included must be deducted from that of the whole ...
... Sometimes it is most convenient to measure a line on the outside of the field , and upon it erect perpendiculars to the crooked fence . These are called insets ; " and the area thus included must be deducted from that of the whole ...
Σελίδα 108
... sometimes used to ascertain the lengths of roads . It has a wheel of 8 feet 3 inches , or half a pole , in circum- ference , which being made to pass over the ground , puts in motion the clock- work within ; and the distance measured is ...
... sometimes used to ascertain the lengths of roads . It has a wheel of 8 feet 3 inches , or half a pole , in circum- ference , which being made to pass over the ground , puts in motion the clock- work within ; and the distance measured is ...
Σελίδα 119
... sometimes be parted off more directly : for instance ; the last example may be performed by finding the area of the irregular figure ADE , and subtracting it from the quantity to be parted off , then , if the difference be divided by ...
... sometimes be parted off more directly : for instance ; the last example may be performed by finding the area of the irregular figure ADE , and subtracting it from the quantity to be parted off , then , if the difference be divided by ...
Σελίδα 127
... sometimes one method claims the preference , and sometimes another ; but a skilful surveyor will always adopt that by which he can take his dimensions and proofs with the greatest accuracy by the fewest lines . If an estate be in the ...
... sometimes one method claims the preference , and sometimes another ; but a skilful surveyor will always adopt that by which he can take his dimensions and proofs with the greatest accuracy by the fewest lines . If an estate be in the ...
Σελίδα 129
... Sometimes the content of each field is entered within the field itself ; sometimes the fields are numbered , and their areas set down , one after another , in some convenient part of the plan ; and sometimes they are entered in a book ...
... Sometimes the content of each field is entered within the field itself ; sometimes the fields are numbered , and their areas set down , one after another , in some convenient part of the plan ; and sometimes they are entered in a book ...
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Σελίδα 7 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Σελίδα 196 - The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees ; Three centuries he grows, and three he stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays...
Σελίδα 27 - ... are equal to two right angles. Let ABC be a triangle, and let one of its sides BC be produced to D ; the exterior angle ACD is equal to the two interior and opposite angles CAB, ABC ; and the three interior angles of the triangle, viz. ABC, BCA, CAB, are together equal to two right angles.
Σελίδα 308 - An Account of the Mode of Draining Land, according to the System practised by Mr. Joseph Elkington.
Σελίδα 48 - RULE.* Multiply the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and half the product will be the area.
Σελίδα 42 - From half the sum of the three sides, subtract each side severally ; multiply the half sum, and the three remainders together, and the square root of the product will be the Area required. Example. — Required the Area of a Triangle, whose sides are 50, 40, and 30 feet. 50 + 40 + 30.. fin half sum of the three sides.
Σελίδα 8 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center, Fig.
Σελίδα 135 - Persepolis, left standing upright ; one is 70 feet above the plane, and the other 50 ; in a straight line between these, stands an ancient...
Σελίδα i - Nesbit's Mensuration, and Key. A Treatise on Practical Mensuration : containing the most approved Methods of drawing Geometrical Figures; Mensuration of Superficies; Land Surveying; Mensuration of Solids ; the Use of the Carpenter's Rule ; Timber Measure, in which is shewn the method of Measuring and Valuing Standing Timber ; Artificers' Works, illustrated by the Dimensions and Contents of a House; a Dictionary of the Terms used in Architecture, &c.
Σελίδα 227 - WORK. Plasterers' work is principally of two kinds; namely, plastering upon laths, called ceiling, and plastering upon walls or partitions made of framed timber, called rendering. In plastering upon walls, no deductions are made except for doors and windows, because cornice, festoons, enriched moldings, etc., are put on after the room is plastered.