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Page 102
... axis , or at a greater angle with the base than that made by the opposite side . The opposite Hyperbola is formed by continuing the cutting plane through an opposite and equal cone , produced by continuing the sides of the first cone ...
... axis , or at a greater angle with the base than that made by the opposite side . The opposite Hyperbola is formed by continuing the cutting plane through an opposite and equal cone , produced by continuing the sides of the first cone ...
Page 103
... Axis is the line uniting the two vertices . The Conjugate Axis is a line drawn through the centre of the transverse axis , and at right angles to it . A Diameter is a right line drawn through the centre , in any direction , and ...
... Axis is the line uniting the two vertices . The Conjugate Axis is a line drawn through the centre of the transverse axis , and at right angles to it . A Diameter is a right line drawn through the centre , in any direction , and ...
Page 104
... axis and centre of the Hyperbola lie on the outside , in consequence of the axis being drawn between the vertices of the two opposite Hyperbolas . The axis of the Para- bola is of infinite length , because the axis can only touch one ...
... axis and centre of the Hyperbola lie on the outside , in consequence of the axis being drawn between the vertices of the two opposite Hyperbolas . The axis of the Para- bola is of infinite length , because the axis can only touch one ...
Page 111
... axes , a b and c d , and multiply the square root of half that sum by 3.1416 ; the product will be the circumference ... axis a b , of which it is a part , and find , in the table of circular segments at the end of Mensu- ration of ...
... axes , a b and c d , and multiply the square root of half that sum by 3.1416 ; the product will be the circumference ... axis a b , of which it is a part , and find , in the table of circular segments at the end of Mensu- ration of ...
Page 116
... axis gives the greater ; and the greater ab- scissa subtracted from the axis gives the less . When the transverse and conjugate diameters , and the ordinate , are given , to find the abscissæ . RULE . To the square of half the conjugate ...
... axis gives the greater ; and the greater ab- scissa subtracted from the axis gives the less . When the transverse and conjugate diameters , and the ordinate , are given , to find the abscissæ . RULE . To the square of half the conjugate ...
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abscissa Atmospheric Railway avoirdupois axle blast-pipe boiler brass centre circle circular segments Circum circumference cloth coke conjugate connecting-rod copper crank Cube Root cubic feet cubic foot cubic inch curve cylinder cylinder in inches Dauphiny Decimal or Reciprocal diame diameter distance driving wheels eccentric-rod equal EXAMPLE.-Required find the Area find the Solidity fire-box Fraction or Numb friction Frustum fulcrum fulcrum and valve Gallons gauge give the solidity Height of Arc horses Hyperbola iron Length of Arc leverage locomotive engine metallic mile morocco motion multiply the sum North Shields ordinate Ounces Parabola pipes piston piston-rod plates Pounds pressure quotient radius rails Railway resistance revolving axis RULE RULE.-Multiply RULE.-To find screw segment shaft side smoke-box spindle square inch Square Root steam stroke subtract thickness tion tons trapezium tubes valve velocity Volume whole weight yards Zone
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