 Take the length of the keel within board (so much as she treads on the ground) and the breadth within board by the midship beam, from plank to plank, and half the breadth for the depth, then multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the...  A Treatise on Practical Mensuration - Page 126by Anthony Nesbit - 1859 - 450 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Tobias Ostrander - Measurement - 1833 - 172 pages
...bounded by six quadrilateral planes, every opposite two of which are equal and parallel. PROBLEM V. To find the solidity of a parallelopipedon. Rule—...altitude, and it will give the solidity required. EXAMPLES. 1. The length of a parallelopipedon is 8 feet, its breadth 3 feet, and thickness two feet—How... | |
 | Tobias Ostrander - Measurement - 1834 - 182 pages
...cifbic foot is about eight tenths of a bushel, and is sufficiently t'.xact for common uses. PROBLEM V. To find the solidity of a parallelopipedon. Rule—...altitude, and it will give the solidity required. EXAMPLES. 1. The length of a parallelopipedon is 8 feet, its breadth 3 feet, and thickness two feet... | |
 | Luther Ainsworth - Arithmetic - 1837 - 306 pages
...contents of any body, having length, breadth, and thickness, as a stick of timber, or plank, &e. A. Multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth or thickness, and the last product will be the solid contents. Q. What particular RULE is to be observed... | |
 | Thomas Holliday - Surveying - 1838 - 404 pages
...solidity; and the compass of one end and the length, for the superficies of the sides. Rule.—Multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth or altitude, and the last product will be the solidity. See problem IV., page 41. Note 1. The surface of a parallelnpipedon... | |
 | Jason M. Mahan - Arithmetic - 1839 - 312 pages
...having six rectangular sides, every opposite pair of which are equal and parallel. To find the solidity. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth. Examples. 1. Required the number of cords in a pile of wood 100 ft. long, 8 feet high, and 4 feet wide.... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...the different sides and ends. 23. To find the solidity of a parallelepiped, as of square timber.— Multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth. 24. To find the solidity of a pyramid. — Multiply the area of the base by J of its height. 25. To... | |
 | Osman Call - Arithmetic - 1842 - 200 pages
...will give the width. THE LENGTH, BREADTH, AND THICKNESS GIVEN, TO FIND THE CUBICAL OR SOLID CONTENTS. RULE.— Multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the thickness. 1. How many solid feet in a block 16 ft. 8 in. long, 1 ft. 5 in. wide, and 1 ft. 4 in. thick... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1842 - 320 pages
...the different sides and ends. 23. To find the solidity of a parallelepiped, as of square timher. — Multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth. 24. To find the solidity of a pyramid. — Multiply the area of the base by J of its height. 25. To... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1843 - 320 pages
...the different sides and ends. 23. To find the solidity of a parallelepiped, as of square timber.— Multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth. 24. To find the solidity of a pyramid.—Multiply the area of the base by j of its height. 25. To find... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1844 - 298 pages
...side, and this last product will be the solidity. To find the Solidity of a Parattehpipedon—fig. 24. RULE. — Multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth, and this product is the solidity. OF REGULAR BODIES. To find the Solidity of any Regular Body. RULE.... | |
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