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... Subtraction , Multiplication , and Division . I give here the result of my experience after a study of twenty years , and for the last twelve years engaged with my senior brother , William Norris , to whom I am entirely indebted for all ...
... Subtraction , Multiplication , and Division . I give here the result of my experience after a study of twenty years , and for the last twelve years engaged with my senior brother , William Norris , to whom I am entirely indebted for all ...
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... Subtract the square root or cube root of the integer of the given number from the root of the next higher number , and multiply the difference by the decimal part . The product , added to the root of the integer of the given number ...
... Subtract the square root or cube root of the integer of the given number from the root of the next higher number , and multiply the difference by the decimal part . The product , added to the root of the integer of the given number ...
Page 105
... subtract the square of the leg , of which the length is known , from the square of the hypothenuse , and the square root of the difference will be the answer . OF REGULAR POLYGONS . To find the Area of a regular Polygon . RULE ...
... subtract the square of the leg , of which the length is known , from the square of the hypothenuse , and the square root of the difference will be the answer . OF REGULAR POLYGONS . To find the Area of a regular Polygon . RULE ...
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... subtract the chord , a b , of the whole arc ; one - third of the remainder will be the length of the arc , nearly . RULE 2.- As 180 is to the number of degrees in the arc ; So is 3 · 1416 times the radius to its length . Or , as 3 is to ...
... subtract the chord , a b , of the whole arc ; one - third of the remainder will be the length of the arc , nearly . RULE 2.- As 180 is to the number of degrees in the arc ; So is 3 · 1416 times the radius to its length . Or , as 3 is to ...
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... subtract it for the less . When the transverse , a b , the ordinate , p q , and the two abscissæ , a p and p b , are given , to find the conjugate , c d . RULE . - As the square root of the product of the two abscissæ is to the ordinate ...
... subtract it for the less . When the transverse , a b , the ordinate , p q , and the two abscissæ , a p and p b , are given , to find the conjugate , c d . RULE . - As the square root of the product of the two abscissæ is to the ordinate ...
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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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