10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABSCISS»
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absciss in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The principles of the philosophy of the expansive and ...
In like Manner, if a A is the Absciss of a Parabola, b the Point in the Parabolick
Curve will be the Limit or Termination of the Velocities aK, Kb, and the fame
Reasoning will obtain in Respect of the Points c, d, &c, which will be the Terms or
...
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The compendious measurer: being a brief, yet comprehensive, ...
The abscisses are to each other as the squares of their ordinates; that is, As any
absciss is to the square of its ordinate, So is any other absciss, to the square of its
ordinate. Or as the square root of any absciss, is to its ordinate, So is the square ...
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The compendious measurer ... The sixth edition, corrected ...
T 0 find any Parabolic Absciss or Ordinate. The abscisses are to each other as
the squares of their ordinates ; that is, As any absciss is to the square of its
ordinate, So is any other absciss, to the square of its ordinate. Or as the square
root of ...
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Two treatises of the quadrature of curves and analysis by ...
the Absciss z = o, we have y=a: which shews the Ordinate at the Beginning of the
Absciss, to be equal to the given Quantity a, as is represented in the Fig. annex'd
: where, if you draw AD perpendicular to the Absciss AB ; meeting the Curve in ...
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Sir Isaac Newton's Two Treatises: Of the Quadrature of ...
the Absciss z — o, we have y—a: which shews the Ordinate at the Beginning of
the Absciss, to be equal to the given Quantity a, as is represented in the Fig.
annex'd : where, if you draw AD perpendicular to the Absciss AB ; meeting the
Curve ...
Sir Isaac Newton, John Stewart, 1745
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Sir Isaac Newton's two treatises of the quadrature of curves ...
the Absciss z = o, we have y=a: which (hews the Ordinate at the Beginning of the
Absciss, to be equal to the given quantity a, as is represented in the Fig. annex'd :
where, if you draw AD perpendicular to the Absciss AB ; meeting the Curve in ...
Isaac Newton, John Stewart, 1745
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The Modern Mechanic: A Scientific and Calculator, Comprising ...
To find the absciss. y/ (the half conju. 9 — ordin. 3) x trans- axis ^. conjugate axis.
distance between the ordinate and centre of the axis, which being added to the
half axis, will give the greater absciss or being subtracted, will give the shorter ...
8
The Mechanic's Calculator: Comprehending Principles, Rules, ...
An Absciss is a part of any diameter contained between its vertex and an ordinate
to it. Hence, in the ellipse and hyperbola, every ordinate has two determinate
abscisses ; but in the parabola only one ; the other vertex of the diameter being ...
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Pantologia: A new cyclopaedia, comprehending a complete ...
ABSCISS, Abscisse, or Abscissa, of a conic section, or a curve, is a part or
segment cut off a line at some certain point, which is ' determined by an ordinate
to the curve. As AP or PB in the figures to Absciss (Plate 6, Curues) PQ being the
...
John Mason Good, Olinthus Gregory, Newton Bosworth, 1813
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A treatise on mensuration, both in theory and practice. The ...
EXAMPLE. ' If the absciss be 9, and its ordinate 6. Then 6 x 6 +9 : 36-:- 9 z 4 : the
parameter. CASE u. Toflnd the Absciss. I . Divide the squareof the ordinate by the
parameter, and the quotient will be the absciss. ' That is, w : yy +12. EXAMPLE.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABSCISS»
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Saint-Pol-sur-Mer : le campement Rom du Pont-à-Curé évacué ce …
... choisi en 2012, avait la particularité d'associer un architecte (le cabinet Absciss) et des entreprises de gros œuvre (Baudin-Chateauneuf et ... «La Voix du Nord, Jul 14»
Defining the perimeter of our parameters
"2. In conic sections, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate. In the parabola, a third proportional to any absciss and its ordinate.". «Christian Science Monitor, Jun 12»
