This section is from the book "The English And American Mechanic", by B. Frank Van Cleve. Also available from Amazon: The English And American Mechanic.
On the engineer's rule, when the lines c and D are equal at both ends, c is a table of squares, and d a table of roots, as
Squares | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 36 | 49 | 64 | 81 | on c. |
Roots | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | on d. |
 
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