A Treatise on Practical Mensuration |
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18 feet 9 inches ABCD absciss acre altitude arch architraves base bottom breadth bung diameter bushels canal cask centre chain chord circle circumference column Conic Sections conjugate contained content in imperial cornice cubic inches cubic yards deducted depth diagonal diameter difference distance ditto divided eaves ellipse equal EXAMPLES feet 6 inches feet 9 figure find the area find the solidity foot frustum gallons and bushels girt given line half the sum head diameter hence hyperbola hypothenuse imperial bushels imperial gallons latitude length logarithm mean measure method miles Multiply Note offsets opposite angle ordinate parallel perpendicular perpendicular height piece of timber polygon quotient radius rectangle regular polygon rhombus right angles roof segment side Sliding Rule square root square yards station subtract surface tangent theodolite THEOREM thickness transverse diameter trapezium tree ullage versed sine vessel whole
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Page 5 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, etc.
Page 272 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 116 - Persepolis, left standing upright ; one is 70 feet above the plane, and the other 50 ; in a straight line between these, stands an ancient...
Page 246 - An account of the mode of Draining Land, according to the System practised by Mr. Joseph Elkington.
Page 5 - 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 centre ; as ABD E. 2.
Page 5 - Plane figures that have more than four sides are, in general, called Polygons ; and they receive other particular names, according to the number of their sides or angles.
Page 185 - 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.
Page 143 - RULE. As the tabular specific gravity of the body, is to its weight in Avoirdupois ounces, So is one cubic foot, or 1728 cubic inches, to its content in feet, or inches, respectively.
Page 18 - Divide the square of half the chord by the versed sine ; to the quotient add the versed sine, and the sum will be the diameter, &c.
Page 171 - TABLE. 12"" fourths make 1'" third, 12'" thirds - - - 1" second, 12" seconds - - 1' inch or prime, 12