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ULTIMATE STRENGTH OE MATERIALS. ──────────────────┬────────────┬────────────┬────────────┬──────────── MATERIAL. │ Tension in │Compression │Shearing in │ Modulus of │lb. per sq. │ in lb. per │lb. per sq. │ Elasticity │ in. │ sq. in. │ in. │ in lb. per │ │ │ │ sq. in. ──────────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼──────────── Cast Iron │ 11,000 to│ 50,000 to│ │ 14,000,000 │ 30,000│ 130,000│ │ to │ │ │ │ 23,000,000 „ aver.│ 16,000│ 95,000│ 11,000│ Wrought Iron │ 40,000 to│ │ │ 26,000,000 │ 70,000│ │ │ to │ │ │ │ 31,000,000 „ aver.│ 50,000│ 50,000│ 40,000│ Soft Steel │ 60,000 to│ │ │ 30,000,000 │ 100,000│ │ │ to │ │ │ │ 36,000,000 Soft Steel aver.│ 80,000│ 70,000│ 55,000│ Cast Steel aver.│ 120,000│ │ │ 15,000,000 │ │ │ │ to │ │ │ │ 17,000,000 Copper, Cast │ 19,000│ 58,000│ │ „ Wrought │ 34,000│ │ │ 16,000,000 Brass, Cast │ 18,000│ 10,500│ │ 9,170,000 Gun Metal │ 34,000│ │ │ 11,500,000 Phosphor Bronze │ 58,000│ │ 43,000│ 13,500,000 Wood, Ash │ 17,000│ 9,300│ 1,400│ „ Beech │ 16,000│ 8,500│ │ „ Pine │ 11,000│ 6,000│ 650│ 1,400,000 „ Oak │ 15,000│ 10,000│ 2,300│ 1,500,000 Leather │ 4,200│ │ │ 25,000 ──────────────────┴────────────┴────────────┴────────────┴────────────

POWERS, ROOTS, ETC., OF USEFUL FACTORS. n │(1)/(n)│ n^2 │ n^3 │ √̅n │ (1)/(√̅n) │ ∛̅n │ (1)/(∛̅n) ────────────────┼─────────┼───────┼──────────┼──────┬┴───────────┬─┴────┬──┴───────── π = 3·142 │ 0·318│ 9·870│ 31·006│ 1·772│ 0·564│ 1·465│ 0·683 2π= 6·283 │ 0·159│ 39·478│ 248·050│ 2·507│ 0·399│ 1·845│ 0·542 (π)/(2) = 1·571 │ 0·637│ 2·467│ 3·878│ 1·253│ 0·798│ 1·162│ 0·860 (π)/(3) = 1·047 │ 0·955│ 1·097│ 1·148│ 1·023│ 0·977│ 1·016│ 0·985 (4)/(3)π = 4·189│ 0·239│ 17·546│ 73·496│ 2·047│ 0·489│ 1·612│ 0·622 (π)/(4) = 0·785 │ 1·274│ 0·617│ 0·484│ 0·886│ 1·128│ 0·923│ 1·084 (π)/(6) = 0·524 │ 1·910│ 0·274│ 0·144│ 0·724│ 1·382│ 0·806│ 1·241 π^2 = 9·870 │ 0·101│ 97·409│ 961·390│ 3·142│ 0·318│ 2·145│ 0·466 π^3 = 31·006 │ 0·032│961·390│29,809·910│ 5·568│ 1·796│ 3·142│ 0·318 (π)/(32) = 0·098│ 10·186│ 0·0095│ 0·001│ 0·313│ 3·192│ 0·461│ 2·168 g = 32·2 │ 0·031│1036·84│ 33,386·24│ 5·674│ 0·176│ 3·181│ 0·314 2g = 64·4 │ 0·015│4147·36│ 267,090│ 8·025│ 0·125│ 4·007│ 0·249 ────────────────┴─────────┴───────┴──────────┴──────┴────────────┴──────┴────────────

HYDRAULIC EQUIVALENTS.

1 foot head = 0·434 lb. per square inch. 1 lb. per square inch = 2·31 ft. head. 1 imperial gallon = 277·274 cubic inches. 1 imperial gallon = 0·16045 cubic foot. 1 imperial gallon = 10 lb. 1 cubic foot of water = 62·32 lb. = 6·232 imperial gallons. 1 cubic foot of sea water = 64·00 lb. 1 cubic inch of water = 0·03616 lb. 1 cubic inch of sea water = 0·037037 lb. 1 cylindrical foot of water = 48·96 lb. 1 cylindrical inch of water = 0·0284 lb. A column of water 12 in. long 1 in. square = 0·434 lb. A column of water 12 in. long 1 in. diameter = 0·340 lb. Capacity of a 12 in. cube = 6·232 gallons. Capacity of a 1 in. square 1 ft. long = 0·0434 gallon. Capacity of a 1 ft. diameter 1 ft. long = 4·896 gallons. Capacity of a cylinder 1 in. diameter 1 ft. long = 0·034 gallon. Capacity of a cylindrical inch = 0·002832 gallon. Capacity of a cubic inch = 0·003606 gallon. Capacity of a sphere 12 in. diameter = 3·263 gallons. Capacity of a sphere 1 in. diameter = 0·00188 gallon. 1 imperial gallon = 1·2 United States gallon. 1 imperial gallon = 4·543 litres of water. 1 United States gallon = 231·0 cubic inches. 1 United States gallon = 0·83 imperial gallon. 1 United States gallon = 3·8 litres of water. 1 cubic foot of water = 7·476 United States gallons. 1 cubic foot of water = 28·375 litres of water. 1 litre of water = 0·22 imperial gallon. 1 litre of water = 0·264 United States gallon. 1 litre of water = 61·0 cubic inches. 1 litre of water = 0·0353 cubic foot.

───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── EQUIVALENTS OF POUNDS AVOIRDUPOIS. ─┬───────┬────────────┬────────────────┬────────────────┬──────────────── │ 10 │ 100 │ 1000 │ 10,000 │ 100,000 ─┼───────┼────────────┼────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────── │qr. lb.│cwt. qr. lb.│ton cwt. qr. lb.│ton cwt. qr. lb.│ton cwt. qr. lb. 1│ 0 10│ 0 3 16│ 0 8 3 20│ 4 9 1 4│ 44 12 3 12 2│ 0 20│ 1 3 4│ 0 17 3 12│ 8 18 2 8│ 89 5 2 24 3│ 1 2│ 2 2 20│ 1 6 3 4│ 13 7 3 12│133 18 2 8 4│ 1 12│ 3 2 8│ 1 15 2 24│ 17 17 0 16│178 11 1 20 5│ 1 22│ 4 1 24│ 2 4 2 16│ 22 6 1 20│223 4 1 4 6│ 2 4│ 5 1 12│ 2 13 2 8│ 26 15 2 24│267 17 0 16 7│ 2 14│ 6 1 0│ 3 2 2 0│ 31 5 0 0│312 10 0 0 8│ 2 24│ 7 0 16│ 3 11 1 20│ 35 14 1 4│357 2 3 12 9│ 3 6│ 8 0 4│ 4 0 1 12│ 40 3 2 8│401 15 2 24 ─┴───────┴────────────┴────────────────┴────────────────┴────────────────

TRIGONOMETRICAL FUNCTIONS.

RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLES.

Sin. A = (a)/(b) Sec. A = (b)/(c) Tan. A = (a)/(c)

Cos. A = (c)/(b) Cosec. A = (b)/(a) Cotan. A = (c)/(a)

Versin. A = (b − c)/(b). Coversin. A = (b − a)/(b).

───────┬─────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────── Given. │Required.│ Formulæ. ───────┼─────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────── a,b│ A,C,c │Sin. A = (a)/(b) Cos. C = (a)/(b) c = │ │ √((b + a)(b − a)) │ │ a,c│ A,C,b │Tan. A = (a)/(c) Cotan. B = (a)/(c) b = │ │ √(a^2 + c^2) │ │ A,a │C,c,b│ C = 90° − A c = a × Cotan. A b = │ │ (a)/(Sin. A) │ │ A,b │C,a,c│C = 90° − A a = b × Sin. A c = b × Cos. │ │ A │ │ A,c │C,a,b│ C = 90° − A a = c × Tan. A b = │ │ (c)/(Cos. A) │ │ ───────┴─────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────

OBLIQUE-ANGLED TRIANGLES.

s = ½(a + b + c)

───────────┬─────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────── Given. │ │ Formulæ. ───────────┼─────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── A,B,C,a │ Area= │(a^2 × Sin. B × Sin. C) ÷ 2 Sin. A A,b,c │ „ │½(c × b × Sin. A) a,b,c│ „ │√(s(s − a)(s − b)(s − c)) ───────────┼─────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── Given. │Required.│ Formulæ. ───────────┼─────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── A,C,a │ c │ c = a(Sin. C)/(Sin. A) ───────────┼─────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── A,a,c │ C │ Sin. C = (c Sin. A)/(a) ───────────┼─────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── a,c,B │ A │ Tan. A = (a Sin. B)/(c − a Cos. B) ───────────┼─────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── a,b,c│ A │Sin. ½A = √(((s − b)(s − c))/(b × c)) „ │ „ │ Cos. ½A = √((s(s − a))/(b × c)); „ │ „ │ Tan. ½A = √(((s − b)(s − c))/(s(s − │ │ a))) ───────────┴─────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────

COMPOUND ANGLES.

Sin. (A + B) = Sin. A Cos. B + Cos. A Sin. B. Sin. (A − B) = Sin. A Cos. B − Cos. A Sin. B. Cos. (A + B) = Cos. A Cos. B − Sin. A Sin. B. Cos. (A − B) = Cos. A Cos. B + Sin. A Sin. B.

Tan. (A + B) = (Tan. A + Tan. B)/(1 − Tan. A Tan. B).

Tan. (A − B) = (Tan. A − Tan. B)/(1 + Tan. A Tan. B).

SLIDE RULE DATA SLIPS, COMPILED BY C. N. PICKWORTH, WH.SC.

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¹⁄₃₂ │0·03125 ¹⁄₁₆ │0·0625 ³⁄₃₂ │0·09375 ⅛ │0·125 ⁵⁄₃₂ │0·15625 ³⁄₁₆ │0·1875 ⁷⁄₃₂ │0·21875 ¼ │0·25 ⁹⁄₃₂ │0·28125 ⁵⁄₁₆ │0·3125 ¹¹⁄₃₂ │0·34375 ⅜ │0·375 ¹³⁄₃₂ │0·40625 ⁷⁄₁₆ │0·4375 ¹⁵⁄₃₂ │0·46875 ¹⁷⁄₃₂ │0·53125 ⁹⁄₁₆ │0·5625 ¹⁹⁄₃₂ │0·59375 ⅝ │0·625 ²¹⁄₃₂ │0·65625 ¹¹⁄₁₆ │0·6875 ²³⁄₃₂ │0·71875 ¾ │0·75 ²⁵⁄₃₂ │0·78125 ¹³⁄₁₆ │0·8125 ²⁷⁄₃₂ │0·84375 ⅞ │0·875 ²⁹⁄₃₂ │0·90625 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ │0·9375 ³¹⁄₃₂ │0·96875

Circ. of circle = 3·1416 d.

Area „ „ = 0·7854 d^2.

Sq. eq. area to cir., s = 0·886 d.

Circle eq. to sq., d = 1·128 s.

Sq. inscbd. in circ., s = 0·707 d.

Circsb. circ. of sq., d = 1·414 s.

Area of ellipse = 0.7854 a × b.

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