Hodgson's Estimator and Contractor's Guide for Pricing Builder's Work, Describing Reliable Methods of Pricing Builder's Quantities for Competitive Work, Showing in Brief and Concise Form the Methods Generally Employed by the Most Successful Contractors: Giving Full Details for Estimating Cost by Cost Per Cubic Foot of Similar Buildings, Estimating by the Square, Estimating in Rough Quantities, Estimating Per Unit of Accommodation, Estimating by Accurate Quantities, Etc., with Many Tables, Rules and Useful Memoranda |
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Page 221 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet — 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30^ square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 221 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30| square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 72 - To find the solidity of a sphere or globe. RULE. — Multiply the cube of the diameter by .5236.
Page 67 - Sphere is a body bounded by a uniformly curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 203 - Eight bushels of good lime, 16 bushels of sand and 1 bushel of hair will make enough good mortar to plaster 100 square yards. A cord of stone, three bushels of lime, and a cubic yard of sand will lay 100 cubic feet of wall.
Page 46 - As 360 degrees is to the number of degrees in the arc of the sector, so is the area of the circle to the area of the sector.
Page 70 - ... the product will be the convex surface, to which add the areas of the bases, when the entire surface is required (Bk.
Page 41 - 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.
Page 57 - Take out the corresponding area in the next column on the right hand ; and multiply it by the square of the circle's diameter, for the area of the segment*.