Scribner's engineers' and mechanics' companion : comprising United States' weights and measures : mensuration of superficies and solids ... the mechanical powers ... steam and the steam engine (1848)
Scribner, J. M · New York : Huntington and Savage · leaf 67
hose diameter is 7 feet 1 First, 7x314159=21-99113 = circumference. Then, 21-99113x7= 15393791 sq.ft. = surface. PROBLEM VIII. To find the Convex Surface of a Spherical Zone or Segment.Rule.—Multiply the height of the zone or segment by the wholecircumference of the sphere of which it is a part,… … OF SOLIDS. 65 First, 42x3-14159 = 131 9468 = circumference.9 = height. 1187 5212=surface in square inches. PROBLEM IX. To find the Solidity of a Sphere or Globe. Rule.—Multiply the cube of the diameter, c e, by the decimal 5236Or multiply the square of the diameter by the circumference, andg- of…
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