A Course of Mathematics: For the Use of Academies as Well as Private Tuition : in Two Volumes, Volume 2W. E. Dean, 1831 |
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Page 581
... ground line or common intersection EF of the fundamental planes , its projections P , P " , must evidently coincide with the point itself as in No. 1 . If the point P be in one of the fundamental planes but not in the other , let it ...
... ground line or common intersection EF of the fundamental planes , its projections P , P " , must evidently coincide with the point itself as in No. 1 . If the point P be in one of the fundamental planes but not in the other , let it ...
Page 582
... ground line at P ' . In No. 4 , the point P or P " is in the verti cal plane directly above the point P ' of the ground line , and by the revolution of the vertical plane EFGH into a horizontal position , the point p " falls behind the ...
... ground line at P ' . In No. 4 , the point P or P " is in the verti cal plane directly above the point P ' of the ground line , and by the revolution of the vertical plane EFGH into a horizontal position , the point p " falls behind the ...
Page 583
... ground line EF , in the same straight line Kr'r ' . Having made KL equal to KP " , and completed the rectangle , suppose it to revolve about its side KP ' which re- main fixed by ascending from a horizontal to a vertical posi- tion ...
... ground line EF , in the same straight line Kr'r ' . Having made KL equal to KP " , and completed the rectangle , suppose it to revolve about its side KP ' which re- main fixed by ascending from a horizontal to a vertical posi- tion ...
Page 584
... ground line EF . The exact situation of P D C K L E F A P M B corresponding to P ' and P " , may be known by constructing the rectangle KLMP ' as before , and conceiving it to revolve about KP ' , by descending from a horizontal to a ...
... ground line EF . The exact situation of P D C K L E F A P M B corresponding to P ' and P " , may be known by constructing the rectangle KLMP ' as before , and conceiving it to revolve about KP ' , by descending from a horizontal to a ...
Page 585
... lines PP " and qq ” to be drawn at right angles to the vertical plane EFGH , meeting it in the points p " and Q " . Draw P'K , q'L at right angles to the ground line EF ; join P ′′ K , Q " L ; and we have as before the rect . angle PP ...
... lines PP " and qq ” to be drawn at right angles to the vertical plane EFGH , meeting it in the points p " and Q " . Draw P'K , q'L at right angles to the ground line EF ; join P ′′ K , Q " L ; and we have as before the rect . angle PP ...
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Page 459 - Or, by an. 249 of the same, the pressure is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid...
Page 66 - To prove that the exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the two interior opposite angles (see fig.
Page 195 - VI, its Corollaries and Scholium, for Constant Forces, are true in the Motions of. Bodies freely descending by their own Gravity ; namely, that the Velocities are as the Times, and the Spaces as the Squares of the Times, or as the Squares of the Velocities. FOR, since the force of gravity is uniform, and constantly the same, at all places near the earth's surface, or at nearly the same distance from the centre of the earth ; and since • this is the force by which bodies descend to the surface ;...
Page 239 - BPC) ; or, the pressure of a fluid on any surface is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid...
Page 289 - The workmen thought that substituting part silver was only a proper <perquisite; which taking air, Archimedes was appointed to examine it ; who, on putting...
Page 35 - Two planes are said to have the same or a like inclination to one another which two other planes have, when the said angles of inclination are equal to one another.
Page 75 - Let a, b, c, be the sides, and A, B, c, the angles of a spherical triangle, on the surface of a sphere whose radius is r ; then...
Page 385 - Multiply the number in the table of multiplicands, by the breadth and square of the depth, both in inches, and divide that product by the length, also, in inches; the quotient will be the weight in Jbs.t Example 1.
Page 244 - Weigh the denser body and the compound mass, separately, both in water and out of it ; then find how much each loses in water, by subtracting its weight in water from its weight in air ; and subtract the less of these remainders from the greater. Then...
Page 140 - Body is either Hard, Soft, or Elastic. A Hard Body is that whose parts do not yield to any stroke or percussion, but retains its figure unaltered. A Soft Body is that whose parts yield^to any stroke or impression, without restoring themselves again ; the figure of the body remaining altered.