 | William Templeton (engineer.) - 1845 - 210 pages
...2074-225 ft. theradius. X — To find the length of any given arc of a circle. Rule. — From eight times the chord of half the arc, subtract the chord of the whole arc, and onethird of the remainder is equal the length of the arc. Required the length of the arc ABC, the chord... | |
 | William Watson (of Beverley.) - 1845 - 188 pages
...MENSURATION OF SURFACES. PROBLEM 1.— To find the length of any arc of a circle. RULE 1 . — From eight times the chord of half the arc subtract the chord of the wlwle arc, and \ of the remainder will be the length of the arc nearly. RULE 2.— Multiply the number... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometrical drawing - 1846 - 254 pages
...a circle when the chord and radius are given ? 1st. Find the chord of half the arc. 2d. From eight times the chord of half the arc, subtract the chord of the whole arc, and divide the remainder by three, and the quotient will be the length of the arc, nearly. EXAMPLES. 1.... | |
 | Mechanical engineering - 1847 - 190 pages
...= 2074-225 ft-, the radius* To find the length of any given cere of a circle. Rule- — Prom eight times the chord of half the arc subtract the chord of the whole arc, and one third of the remainder is equal the length of the arcRequired the length of the arc ABC, the chord... | |
 | Robert Kipping - 1847 - 224 pages
...amount of the foot-gore, to find the length on the roach or curve of the foot. RULE. — From eight times the chord of half the arc, subtract the chord of the whole arc, and one.third of the remainder will be the length of the arc nearly.* EXAMPLES. 1. Given the length of... | |
 | Almon Ticknor - Measurement - 1849 - 156 pages
...radius are given ; or of any arc of a circle. RULE 1. — Find the chord of half the arc. 2. From eight times the chord of half the arc, subtract the chord of the whole arc, and divide the remainder by three, and the quotient will be the length of the arc nearly. 1. The chord... | |
 | Thomas Kelt - Mechanical engineering - 1849 - 424 pages
...and = 2074-225 ft., the radiui. To find the length of any given arc of a circle. Rule — From eight times the chord of half the arc subtract the chord of the whole arc, and one third of the remainder is equal the length of the arc. MENSURATION. Required the length of the... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - Mechanical engineering - 1849 - 286 pages
...degrees in the arc by the decimal 11745, and that product by the radius of the circle. Or, from 8 ir.es the chord of half the arc, subtract the chord of the whole arc, and j of the remainder will be the length of the arc, nearly. Or, as 3 is to the number of degrees in the... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1850 - 218 pages
...circle when the chord and radius are given. RULE. I. Find the chord of half the arc. II. From eight times the chord of half the arc, subtract the chord of the whole arc, and divide the remainder by 3, and the quotient will be the length of the arc, nearly. EXAMPLES. 1. The... | |
 | John Radford Young - Measurement - 1850 - 294 pages
...of an arc is almost always given in books on Mensuration. It is as follows: namely: — From eight times the chord of half the arc, subtract the chord of the whole arc, and one-third of the remainder will be the length of the arc, nearly. * The operation for this, by the... | |
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Or, from 8 times the chord of half the arc, subtract the chord of the whole arc, and $ of the remainder will be the length of the arc, nearly. 
