Books with author Thomas B. Barker

Excerpt from Rudimentary Treatise on Mensuration, Arranged for the Use of Schools and Practical Men: Comprehending the Elements of Modern Engineering, Fourth Edition, With Additions and CorrectionsThe weights and dimensions of balls and shells may be found by Prob. VIII Part IV., in conjunction with the Table and Rules for finding the specific gravities of bodies, if required.The method of piling balls and shells, finding their number in a given pile, and the quantity of powder contained In a given shell or box, form no essential part of a work on measuration.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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