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... Diameter , 65 Straight Line , 51 Radius , Curved Line , 51 Chord and Arc , 66 Parallel Lines , 51 Sine , 66 Parallel straight Lines , 51 Versed Sine , Parallel curved Lines , 51 Tangent , Horizontal Line , Vertical Line , 51 Secant ...
... Diameter , 65 Straight Line , 51 Radius , Curved Line , 51 Chord and Arc , 66 Parallel Lines , 51 Sine , 66 Parallel straight Lines , 51 Versed Sine , Parallel curved Lines , 51 Tangent , Horizontal Line , Vertical Line , 51 Secant ...
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... Diameter to Cir- cumference , Ratio of Circles to each other , 111 Diameter and circumfer- ence given to find the area of a circle . Diameter given to find circumference , Circumference given to find diameter , 112 113 114 Chord and ...
... Diameter to Cir- cumference , Ratio of Circles to each other , 111 Diameter and circumfer- ence given to find the area of a circle . Diameter given to find circumference , Circumference given to find diameter , 112 113 114 Chord and ...
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... diameter of the Earth , by knowing the 209 dicular given to find the Base . 198 and the distance at which it is visible , Horizontal Plane , 199 Vertical Plane , 199 CHAPTER III . Inclined Plane , 199 Miscellaneous Examples , 210 ...
... diameter of the Earth , by knowing the 209 dicular given to find the Base . 198 and the distance at which it is visible , Horizontal Plane , 199 Vertical Plane , 199 CHAPTER III . Inclined Plane , 199 Miscellaneous Examples , 210 ...
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... Diameter and Radius . I S M D R A straight line drawn through the centre of a circle and dividing it into two equal parts , is the Diameter . The line D M is a Diameter . A line drawn from the centre to the circumference a circle is a ...
... Diameter and Radius . I S M D R A straight line drawn through the centre of a circle and dividing it into two equal parts , is the Diameter . The line D M is a Diameter . A line drawn from the centre to the circumference a circle is a ...
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... diameter , is called a Chord . The line A C is a Chord . Any part of the circumference is an Arc of a Circle . The ... diameter is the Sine of an arc . The part of the radius or diameter uniting with the other extremity of the arc is the ...
... diameter , is called a Chord . The line A C is a Chord . Any part of the circumference is an Arc of a Circle . The ... diameter is the Sine of an arc . The part of the radius or diameter uniting with the other extremity of the arc is the ...
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Page 15 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Page 191 - Every circumference of a. circle, whether the circle be large or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds.
Page 21 - Multiply the numerators together for the numerator of the product, and the denominators together for the denominator of the product.
Page 14 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number, Divide the numerator by the denominator. The quotient will be the whole number, and the remainder, if...
Page 164 - From three times the diameter of the sphere, take double the height of the segment ; then multiply the remainder by the square of the height, and the product by the decimal .5236...
Page 22 - It will be seen that we multiply the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor for the denominator of the quotient, and the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor for the numerator of the quotient.
Page 104 - To find the area of a trapezoid, multiply half the sum of the parallel sides by the shortest distance between them. NOTE 3. — A trapezoid is a figure, like the one in the annexed diagram, bounded by four straight lines, only two of which are parallel.
Page 22 - At | of a dollar a yard, how many yards of cloth can be bought for f of a dollar ? 30.
Page 112 - Divide the square of half the chord by the versed sine, and to the quotient add the versed sine ; the sum will be the diameter of the circle.