Plane trigonometry, and its application to mensuration and land surveying. Accompanied with all the necessary logarithmic and trigonometric tables (1852)
Perkins, George R. (George Roberts), 1812-1876 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 92
twice the length of the base add the edge, multiply the sumby the breadth of the base, and that product by \ of the heightof the wedge. EXAMPLES. 1. What is the solidity of a wedge, whose base is 10 incheslong, 4 inches wide, whose height is 8 inches, and whose edgeis 9 inches ? Ans. 154| cubic… … v PROBLEM VIIL To find the volume of a rectangular prismoid. Definition.—A rectangular pris-moid takes its name from its sem-blance to a prism. It may also besaid to resemble a frustum of aquadrangular pyramid. The upperand lower bases are rectangles,having their corresponding sidesparallel, and…
Plane trigonometry · Surveying
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