 | Commissioners of National Education in Ireland - 1837 - 290 σελίδες
...which is the answer. TIMBER MEASURE. PROBLEM I. To find the superficial content of a board or plank. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will, be the area. BY THE CARPENTER'S RULE. Set 1 2 on B, to the breadth in inches on A ; then against the length in feet,... | |
 | Luther Ainsworth - 1837 - 306 σελίδες
...denomination required. Q. How do you find the superficial area of a parallelogram, or long square ? A. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the superficial area as before. 1. There is a garden, laid out in an exact square, measuring, on each side,... | |
 | Thomas Holliday - 1838 - 404 σελίδες
...it stand upon ? PROBLEM IV. Answer, 4134.49 feet. TO FIND THE AREA OF A RECTANGLE. Rule.—Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area. Note. Buildings, streets, drains, new roads, &c., are in general rectangles; and artificers generally... | |
 | Joseph Stockton - 1839 - 216 σελίδες
...32J perches. 3<2. To find the content of an oblong square piece of ground, called a parallelogram. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the answer. EXAMPLE. i 1. There is an oblong square piece of ground, A, B, C, D, the longest sides of which... | |
 | Jason M. Mahan - 1839 - 312 σελίδες
...given, to find the area ; or the area and one side given, to find the length of the other aide. RULE. 1. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area. 2. Divide the area by one of the sides, and the quotient will be the adjacent side. Examples. 1. What... | |
 | Robert Goodacre - 1839 - 320 σελίδες
...Example 1 29 Miscellaneous Questions. CASE 1. — To find the area of any rectangular superficies. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area in square measure. In measuring superficies, in which the dimensions vary, it is common to take the... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1840 - 262 σελίδες
...the more accurate methods by means of figures. PROBLEM I. 2. To find the area of a board or plank. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the content required.' Q.OEsT. — 1. What methods of measuring timber have already been explained ? 2.... | |
 | William Ruger - 1841 - 268 σελίδες
...How many acres does a square lot eontain, measuring 40 rods on each side ? Ans. 10 acres. 24 feet. To find the area of a parallelogram, or long square....Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will ea, or superficial content, in the same name with the length be the area, of the sides. 100 rods. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1843 - 254 σελίδες
...measures 65 rods on each side ? [Reduce the whole number of square rods to acres.] Ans. 26 acres I r. 25 rods. PROB. ii. — To find the area of a parallelogram,...and 65 feet wide ? [9 sq. feet=l sq. yard, therefore -i- the sq. feet by 9.] Ans. 910 sq. yds. 2. How many acres are contained in a lot of land in the form... | |
 | William Watson (of Beverley.) - 1845 - 188 σελίδες
...MENSURATION OF SURFACES. PROBLEM 1. — To find the area of a square, rectangle, parallelogram, SfC. * RULE. — Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area, or multiply half the sum of the parallel sides by their perpendicular distance. EXAMPLES. 1. What is... | |
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To measure a Parallelogram, or long square. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area or superficial content. 
