A Course of Mathematics: In Three Volumes : Composed for the Use of the Royal Military Academy ...F.C. & J. Rivington, 1811 |
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AB² ABCD ac² angles equal arithmetical mean arithmetical progression arithmetical series BC² bisected centre chord ciphers circle circumference common difference compound compound interest consequently contained Corol cube root cubic equation decimal denotes diameter divide dividend division divisor draw equal angles equal th equation equiangular equilateral EXAMPLES figure fraction gallon geometrical geometrical progression given number gives greater half the arc Hence improper fraction infinite series Inscribed integer less Let ABC logarithm manner measured by half mult Multiply number of terms opposite angles outward angle parallel parallelogram perpendicular plane polygon prism PROBLEM proportional Q. E. D. THEOREM QUEST quotient radii radius ratio rectangle Reduce remainder right angles Right-angled Triangle rule side AC square root subtract surd tangent transposing triangle ABC VULGAR FRACTIONS whole number yards
Passatges populars
Pàgina 277 - THE Difference of any Two Sides of a Triangle, is Less than the Third Side.
Pàgina 2 - Thus, when it is said that, The sum of the three angles of any triangle is equal to two right angles, this is a Theorem, the truth of which is demonstrated by Geometry.
Pàgina 178 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient.
Pàgina 277 - America, but know that we are alive, that two and two make four, and that the sum of any two sides of a triangle is greater than the third side.
Pàgina 299 - The angle at the centre of a circle is double the angle at the circumference on the same arc.
Pàgina 288 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the square on the whole line is equal to the squares on the two parts, together with twice the rectangle contained by the two parts. Let the straight line AB be divided into any two parts at the point C: the square on AB shall be equal to the squares on AC, CB, together with twice the rectangle contained by AC, CB.
Pàgina 290 - ... the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Pàgina 70 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Pàgina 4 - Moors, about eight or nine hundred •*'. years since; viz. 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six,--.'; 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, 0 cipher, or nothing. These chav.'.
Pàgina 143 - If a quantity of provisions serves 1500 men 12 weeks, at the rate of 20 ounces a day for each man ; how many men will the same provisions maintain for 20 weeks, at the rate of 8 ounces a day for each ma's ? Ans. men. 36. A younger brother received $8400, which was just £ of his elder brother's fortune: what was the father worth ? Ans. $19200.