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 288
s I. is to .523(J, fo isthe Cube of the Axis to the ic-lid Content. Example. Let A B C D be aGlebe, whofe Axis is 20 In-ches, then the Circumferencewill be (J2.852 : then by thefirlt Rule multiply the Circum-ference by the Axis, and theProducl will be 125(^.54,whichis the Superficial Content in… … Or if you multiply the Su-perficial Content by the Axis,and take a fixth Part of theProdufl:, the Anfwer will bethe fame. Or thus by the fecond Rule. The Cube of the Axis is800c, which multiplyd by 11,the Produ£t will be 88coo,which being divided by 21, theQiionent will be 4190.47, theSolidity. Or…
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