The Mechanic's Calculator; Comprehending Principles, Rules, and Tables in the Various Departments of Mathematics and Mechanics; Useful to Millwrights, Engineers, and Artisans in GeneralBlackie & Son, 1836 - 344 páginas |
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Página 6 - Rule. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, add the numerator to the product and place the denominator under the result.
Página 77 - Thus, to draw a line through a given point parallel to a given line...
Página 50 - A Right Angle is that which is made by one line perpendicular to another. Or when the angles on each side are equal to one another, they are right angles.
Página 54 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, &c.
Página 289 - The areas of circles are to each other as the squares of their diameters.
Página 62 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the square of the whole line is equal to the squares of the two parts, together with twice the rectangle contained by the parts.
Página 76 - To make a Square Equal to the Difference of two Given Squares. LET AB and AC, taken in the same straight line, be equal to the sides of the two given squares. — From the centre A, with the distance AB, describe a circle ; and make CD perpendicular to AB...
Página 4 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Página 3 - Hence the usual rule to reduce fractions to a common denominator : Multiply each numerator by all the denominators except its own for new numerators, and all the denominators together for the common denominator.
Página 297 - The velocity in feet per minute should be ninetyeight times the square root of the length of the stroko in feet. The area of the steam passages will be as 4800 is to the velocity in feet per minute, so is the area of the cylinder to the area of the steam passage.