A complete treatise on practical land-surveying, in seven parts; (1839)
Nesbit, A[nthony], 1778-1859. [from old catalog] · London, Longman, Orme, Browne, Green, and Longmans; [etc., etc.] · leaf 331
be 480 links ; and it rises upon the base, at the distance of 537links from the less angle. PROBLEM XIV. To part from a Triangle, any proposed Quantity of Land, by aLine parallel to any one of its Sides. Rule.—The areas of similar triangles are to one another inthe duplicate ratio of their… … EXAMPLES. 1. Suppose the base A B = 1200, the side A C = 1000, andthe side B C = 800 links; part off 1a. 2r. 16p. by the lineD E parallel to A B. From the three sides, by Note 4, Part IV., we find the areaof the triangle. ABC = 396863 square links. And, I a. 2r. 16p. = 160000 square links. The…
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