Pleasure with Profit: Consisting of Recreations of Divers Kinds, Viz. Numerical, Geometrical, Mechanical, Statical, Astronomical, Horometrical, Cryptographical, Magnetical, Automatical, Chymical, and Historical : Published to Recreate Ingenious Spirits, and to Induce Them to Make Further Scrutiny Into These (and the Like) Sublime Sciences, and to Divert Them from Following Such Vices, to which Youth (in this Age) are So Much Inclin'dRichard Baldwin and John Dunton, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, and at the Raven in the Poultrey, 1694 - 408 páginas |
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Página 25
... Inches of Ground to fow that Increase in , which is 40 fquare Inches , and thus continuing till the eight Years be expired , the Increafe would be at the eight Years end 163840000000 Corns , as in the Table , in the Margin ( where the ...
... Inches of Ground to fow that Increase in , which is 40 fquare Inches , and thus continuing till the eight Years be expired , the Increafe would be at the eight Years end 163840000000 Corns , as in the Table , in the Margin ( where the ...
Página 26
... Inches ; where- fore divide the 42010256410 Inches , by 6272640 ( the Inches in one Acre ) and the Quotient will be 6697 Acres ; and fo much Land would be required to contain the fowing of the increafe of one Corn in eight Tears ; which ...
... Inches ; where- fore divide the 42010256410 Inches , by 6272640 ( the Inches in one Acre ) and the Quotient will be 6697 Acres ; and fo much Land would be required to contain the fowing of the increafe of one Corn in eight Tears ; which ...
Página 31
... inches long , 12 broad , and 6 thick , the Books made of the aforefaid Tranfmutation of the 24 Letters , would be 38778037089928788. And if a Library of a Mile Square every way , of 50 foot high , and in which were 250 Galleries of 20 ...
... inches long , 12 broad , and 6 thick , the Books made of the aforefaid Tranfmutation of the 24 Letters , would be 38778037089928788. And if a Library of a Mile Square every way , of 50 foot high , and in which were 250 Galleries of 20 ...
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... Inches , and the length of the fhadow of it CE , to be 46 Inches : Then measuring the length of the fhadow of the Wall of the Tower A C , I find that to be 30 foot , which is 360 Inches . Now for the Height of the Castle - Wall , you ...
... Inches , and the length of the fhadow of it CE , to be 46 Inches : Then measuring the length of the fhadow of the Wall of the Tower A C , I find that to be 30 foot , which is 360 Inches . Now for the Height of the Castle - Wall , you ...
Página 40
... Inches , and fomewhat more . PROBL . II . . How to take the Height of a Watch - Tower , by the Shadow , when you ... Inches ; and the length of the fhadow thereof CH , I find to be 32 Inches , thefe two I note down . 4 Then , fome time ...
... Inches , and fomewhat more . PROBL . II . . How to take the Height of a Watch - Tower , by the Shadow , when you ... Inches ; and the length of the fhadow thereof CH , I find to be 32 Inches , thefe two I note down . 4 Then , fome time ...
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Página 24 - His going forth is from the end of the heaven, And his circuit unto the ends of it : And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Página 11 - God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Página 10 - ... since the same weight which in its fall does turn the wheel, is, by the turning of the wheel, carried up again. Or, if the water, falling upon one wheel, would not be forcible enough for this effect, why then there might be two, or three, or more, according as the length and elevation of the instrument will admit ; by which means the weight of it may be so multiplied in the fall that it shall be...
Página 11 - But on the other side, if all the water falling upon one wheel, would be able to turn it round, then half of it would serve with two wheels ; and the rest may be so disposed of in the fall, as to serve unto some other useful delightful ends. When I first thought of this invention, I could...
Página 9 - Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Or, 2.
Página 27 - ... equal to the square root of the numerator divided by the square root of the denominator.
Página 31 - ... so that every day the planet that rules the day comes forth, the rest being hid within the frames, till they come out...
Página 60 - B, from B to C, from C to D, from D to E, and from E to A ; and measure the distances AB, BC, CD, DE, and EA.
Página 11 - H, shall consequently give a circular motion to the whole screw : or if this alone should be too weak for the turning of it, then the same water which falls from the wheel H, being received into the other vessel F, may from thence again descend on the wheel I ; by which means the force of it will be doubled *. And...
Página ii - I'll- give you leave to punish me. Thus as soon may the same meat please all palats, as the same sport suit with all dispositions.