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12 inches 50 cents Arc of Arc Area of Sine balloon frame balusters base Blue prints consist brick building ceiling cellar and foundation cents per foot cents per yard chord circle circumference Complete typewritten specifications concrete consist of cellar convex surface cornice cube cubic feet cubic foot cubic yard diameter Ditto doors Example.-What excavation figure find the area find the solidity finish FLOOR PLAN foot super foundation plan frames front and side frustum girth Give description Give the definition Give the rule height Hip Roofs inch thick inches joists labor laid laths lime lineal foot material mator measured mortar moulding multiply nails Painting pantiles pipes plain plastering Portland cement pounds quantity rafter roof plan ROOM Rule.-Multiply sand sash set of plans shingles slant height slate soffit square foot stone stories studding tiles trench walls Weeping tiles width wood yard super
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Page 227 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30| square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq. mi.) Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches (cu.
Page 70 - A zone is a portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes.
Page 69 - Sphere is a body bounded by a uniformly curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 255 - EXAMPLES. 1. What is the solidity of an anchor ring, whose inner diameter is 8 inches, and thickness in metal 3 inches ? 8-1-3 = 11: then, 11 X(f)2X 9,8696 ^244,2726, which expresses the solidity in cubic inches.
Page 216 - To Compute the Number of Slates of a Given Size Required per Square Subtract 3 inches from the length of the slate, multiply the remainder by the width and divide by 2. Divide 14,400 by the number so found and the result will be the number of slates required.
Page 214 - ... be built solid throughout the space between straight lines drawn on each side of the wall and joining the thickness at the base to the thickness at sixteen feet below the top...
Page 77 - To find the solidity of the MIDDLE FRUSTUM of a parabolic spindle.
Page 48 - As 360 degrees is to the number of degrees in the arc of the sector, so is the area of the circle to the area of the sector.
Page 59 - Take out the corresponding area in the next column on the right hand ; and multiply it by the square of the circle's diameter, for the area of the segment*.