 | John Gummere - Surveying - 1846 - 448 pages
...the area of each may be found ; and the sum of these areas will be the area of the tract. PROBLEM I. To find the area of a Parallelogram, whether it be a Square, a Rectangle, a RJiombus, or a Rhomboides. RULE. Multiply the length by the height or perpendicular breadth, and the... | |
 | William Templeton (engineer.) - 1846 - 236 pages
...length and hreadth, without having any regard to the thickness. PROBLEM I. To find the urea of any parallelogram, whether it be a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, or a rhomboid. RULE. — Multiply the length by the breadth or height, and the product will be the area. Square. Rectangle.... | |
 | 458 pages
...— 134 THE DECORATOR'S ASSISTANT. JffiUnsuratton of Super$res. PROBLEM I. (Continued from page 128.) To find the area* of a parallelogram, whether it be a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, or a rhomboides. 1. Required the area of the square AB c D, whose side is 5 ft. ? 20. Best Body Copal Varnish... | |
 | Charles William Hackley - Geometry - 1847 - 248 pages
...the rectangle is said to contain, which in the present case is 12. PROBLEM I. To find the area of any parallelogram, whether it be a square, a rectangle,...rhombus, or a rhomboid. Multiply the length by the perpendicular breadth or height, and the product will be the area.* * The truth of this rule is proved... | |
 | Basil Jackson - Military reconnaissance - 1847 - 410 pages
...is called 4 inches, and perpendicular 3 inches ; and 3x4=12 square inches. To find the area of any parallelogram, whether it be a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, or a rhomboid. Multiply the length, stated in any linear measurement, as inches, links, feet, yards, &c., by the perpendicular height,... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1848 - 320 pages
...observing this rule will generally find his results to agree with those given in the book. PROBLEM I. To find the area of a parallelogram ; whether it be a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, or a rhomboidfs. RULE.* Multiply the length by the perpendicular height, and the product will be the area.... | |
 | Peter Nicholson, Joseph Gwilt - Architectural drawing Technique - 1848 - 750 pages
...of the square. Hence we have the following rule for any parallelogram whatever. PROBLEM I. PLATE 50. To find the area of a parallelogram, whether it be a square, a MENSURATION. 97 Кхлмги: I. What is the area of a square ABCD, whose side AB or вс t'a 2t 3i?... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - Mechanical engineering - 1849 - 286 pages
...Area of a Four-sided Figure, whether it be a parallelogram, square, rhombus, or rhomboid. Rule. — Multiply the length by the breadth or perpendicular height, and the product will be the ares. Example. — What is the area of a parallelogram, abed, whose length, cd, is 12 feet 3 inches,... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 pages
...square yards, or square rods, etc. Art. 269. — To find the area of a square, or parallelogram. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, or perpendicular height, and the product will be the area. 1. How many square rods in a field 28 rods on each side? 28 X 28=784 rods, Ans. 2. What is the area of... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1851 - 310 pages
...area or content of any figure is computed by the number of those squares contained in that figure. To find the area of a parallelogram; whether it be a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, or a rhomboides. — Multiply the length by the perpendicular height, and the product will be the area.... | |
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RULE. — Multiply the length by the breadth, or perpendicular height, and the product will be the area. 
