The Sheet metal worker's instructor : for zinc, sheet iron, copper, and tin plate workers, and others, containing a selection of geometrical problems, also practical and simple rules for describing the various patterns required in the different branches of the above trades (1906)
Warn, Reuben Henry · Philadelphia : Henry Carey Baird & Co. · leaf 276
203 What is the number of supevficial square feet con- tained in a plate of iron measuring 6 feet 9 inches long, by 3 feet 3 inches wide ? Figure 79. 6 75=6 feet 9 inches. 3-25=3 feet 3 inches. 3375 1350 2025 21-9375=21 feet 11^ in., or nearly 22 square feet. TRIANGLES. Fig. 82. Fig. 83. Fig. 84. … To find the area of a triangle, whether it be isos- celes, scalene, or right-angled. EuLE— Multiply the base AB, by the perpendic- ular C D, and half the product will be the area. Examples. Required the area of a triangle, whose base is 33 inches, and perpendicular 40 inches ? Figure 82. 32 40 2)…
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