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Página 3 - Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side.
Página 2 - 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.
Página 255 - ... for the second term, and the greater for the first ; and in either case multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first for the answer, which will always be of the same denomination as the third term.
Página 262 - TO THEIR DIFFERENCE ; So IS THE TANGENT OF HALF THE SUM OF THE OPPOSITE ANGLES', To THE TANGENT OF HALF THEIR DIFFERENCE.
Página 161 - RULE.* To the sum of the areas of the two ends add four times the area of a section parallel to and equally distant from both ends, and this last sum multiplied by £ of the height will give the solidity.
Página 160 - To twice the length of the base add the length of the edge ; multiply the sum by the breadth of the base, and by one-sixth of the height.
Página 4 - 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.
Página 221 - To three times the square of the radius of the base, add the square of the height.
Página 250 - The difference of the logarithms, as here used, means the algebraic difference ; so that, if the logarithm of the divisor have a negative characteristic its sign must be changed to positive, after diminishing it by the unit, if any, carried in the subtraction from...
Página 217 - To twice the square of the middle diameter, add the square of the diameter of one end; multiply the sum by the length of the frustum, and the product by '2618 for the content.
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| Título | A complete treatise on Practical Land-Surveying, etc |
| Autor | Thomas Holliday |
| Editor | Whittaker and Company, 1838 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 19 Oct. 2006 |
| Largo | 80 páginas |
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