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Page 152
... diameter of which is a mean proportional between the axis of the ellipse . What , then , is the diameter of a circle equal in area to an ellipse , the longer axis of which is 24 and the shorter 18 inches ? 24 x 18 432 , and √13 432 ...
... diameter of which is a mean proportional between the axis of the ellipse . What , then , is the diameter of a circle equal in area to an ellipse , the longer axis of which is 24 and the shorter 18 inches ? 24 x 18 432 , and √13 432 ...
Page 153
... diameter of a circle from its area . To find the hypothenuse of a right - angled triangle , when the base and perpendicular are given . To find the area of a triangle , the three sides being given . To find " gauge points , " or the ...
... diameter of a circle from its area . To find the hypothenuse of a right - angled triangle , when the base and perpendicular are given . To find the area of a triangle , the three sides being given . To find " gauge points , " or the ...
Page 161
... diameter ; the length of the periphery of an ellipse may be determined when the lengths of its transverse and conjugate axis are assigned , and so on . ( 6. ) Angles . When two straight lines , which are not in the same direction , meet ...
... diameter ; the length of the periphery of an ellipse may be determined when the lengths of its transverse and conjugate axis are assigned , and so on . ( 6. ) Angles . When two straight lines , which are not in the same direction , meet ...
Page 166
... diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter , as D A P , or D C P. A quadrant , as A E D , is the figure contained by two radii which are perpen- dicular to each other , and the arc intercepted between them . A ...
... diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter , as D A P , or D C P. A quadrant , as A E D , is the figure contained by two radii which are perpen- dicular to each other , and the arc intercepted between them . A ...
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... diameter of the ellipse . The diameter , A C , which passes through the foci , F and F , is called the transverse diameter , or major axis . A straight line , B D , drawn through the centre perpendicular to the transverse diameter , is ...
... diameter of the ellipse . The diameter , A C , which passes through the foci , F and F , is called the transverse diameter , or major axis . A straight line , B D , drawn through the centre perpendicular to the transverse diameter , is ...
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Page 9 - Taxes are either direct or indirect. A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very person who it is intended or desired should pay it. Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one person in the expectation and intention that he shall indemnify himself at the expense of another ; such are the excise or customs.
Page 435 - Pendulum vibrating Seconds of Mean Time in the Latitude of London in a Vacuum at the Level of the Sea...
Page 435 - May one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, the Straight Line or Distance between the Centres of the Two Points in the Gold Studs in the Straight Brass Rod, now in the Custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the Words and Figures
Page 435 - ... the same straight line or distance between the centres of the said two points in the said gold studs in the said brass rod, the brass being at the temperature of 62 ° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, shall be and is hereby denominated the "Imperial Standard yard...
Page 452 - NB — You are particularly recommended to answer the questions in the order in which they are set; not omitting any one unless you are unable to do it.
Page 450 - The object of Political Economy is to point out .the means by which the industry of man may be rendered most productive of those necessaries, comforts, and enjoyments, which constitute wealth ; to ascertain the circumstances most favourable for its accumulation ; the proportions in which it is divided among the different classes of the community ; and the mode in which it may be most advantageously consumed.
Page 176 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 189 - From 8 times the chord of half the arc, subtract the chord of the whole arc ; one-third of the remainder will be the length of the arc nearly.
Page 9 - The producer or importer of a commodity is called upon to pay a tax on it, not with the intention to levy a peculiar contribution upon him, but to tax through him the consumers of the commodity, from whom it is supposed that he will recover the amount by means of an advance in price.
Page 162 - The angles which one straight line makes with another upon one side of it, are either two right angles, or are together equal to two right angles.