The builder's dictionary, or, Gentleman and architect's companion : explaining not only the terms of art in all the several parts of architecture, but also containing the theory and practice of the various branches thereof ... : also necessary problems in arithmetic, geometry, mechanics, perspective, hydraulics, and other mathematical sciences : together with the quantities proportions, and prices of all kinds of materials used in building ... (1734)
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), ca. 1700-ca. 1750, Devoto, John, fl. 1719-1752 · London : Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch ..., and S. Austen ... · leaf 426
e Root ; then add thefquare Root and two Areas to-gether, and multiply the Sum byone Third of the perpendicularHeight, and the Produd will bethe Iblid Content. RULE r IS. r K. RULE II. To the Rectangle of the greaterand lefTer Diameters add | Partof the Square of their Difference,and multiply the… … ches,^ and the lefler DiameterA B is 9 Inches, aad the Length 14.25- Feet, which is the folidContent. Multiply 18 by 9, and theProdud will be 162 ; and theDifference between 18 and 9 is9, whofe Square is 81, a thirdPart of which is 27; which addto 162, and the Sum will be 189:This being multiplyd…
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