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600. Practical Geometry. [Thornton.]

12:30-1:30, T. Th.; 8:30-9:30, S.

Fundamental problems of plane geometry with applications to the mensuration
of rectilinear and curvilinear figures; conic sections and the methods of
constructing these curves; the orthographic projection of polyhedra and of the
three round bodies in erect and oblique positions; sections of curved surfaces by
planes and intersections; the mensuration of solids and Simpson's rule; the
graphical solution of equations; and the theory and use of the Polar Planimeter.
(Fall.)