Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry: With Their Applications to Heights and Distances Projections of the Sphere, Dialling, Astronomy, the Solution of Equations, and Geodesic OperationsBaldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1816 - 244 páginas |
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... become me to depreciate . But such of them as go extensively into the business of Trigonometry and its applications are too large and expensive for general circulation ; while others , being confined almost en- tirely to the elements ...
... become me to depreciate . But such of them as go extensively into the business of Trigonometry and its applications are too large and expensive for general circulation ; while others , being confined almost en- tirely to the elements ...
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... become a portal to the higher mechanics and the celestial physics . Any person who has looked , however cursorily , into the best treatises on statics , dynamics , and physical astronomy , especially those which have been published on ...
... become a portal to the higher mechanics and the celestial physics . Any person who has looked , however cursorily , into the best treatises on statics , dynamics , and physical astronomy , especially those which have been published on ...
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... becomes neces- sary , therefore , to have recourse to quantities of an inter- mediate kind , akin to the one , yet having an obvious dependence upon the other , and serving as a common vinculum . Such are the lineo - angular quantities ...
... becomes neces- sary , therefore , to have recourse to quantities of an inter- mediate kind , akin to the one , yet having an obvious dependence upon the other , and serving as a common vinculum . Such are the lineo - angular quantities ...
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... become determinable upon the known principles of similar triangles . Such a table as this , would , as will soon be seen , be no other than a table of natural sines . PLANE TRIGONOMETRY . 6. Plane trigonometry is that branch of ...
... become determinable upon the known principles of similar triangles . Such a table as this , would , as will soon be seen , be no other than a table of natural sines . PLANE TRIGONOMETRY . 6. Plane trigonometry is that branch of ...
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... becomes equal to a quadrant AE , and then the sine is in its maximum state , being equal to radius , thence called the sine total ; the versed sine is also then equal to the radius ; and the secant and tangent becom- ing incapable of ...
... becomes equal to a quadrant AE , and then the sine is in its maximum state , being equal to radius , thence called the sine total ; the versed sine is also then equal to the radius ; and the secant and tangent becom- ing incapable of ...
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altitude angled spherical triangle axis azimuth base becomes bisect centre chap chord circle circle of latitude computation consequently cos² cosec cosine declination deduced determine dial diameter difference distance draw earth ecliptic equa equal equation Example find the rest formulæ given side h cos h half Hence horizon hour angle hour line hypoth hypothenuse intersecting latitude logarithmic longitude measured meridian oblique opposite angle parallel perpendicular plane angles plane triangle pole problem prop quadrant radius right angled spherical right angled triangle right ascension right line secant sin A sin sin² sine solid angle sphere spherical excess spherical trigonometry star substyle sun's supposed surface tan² tangent theorem three angles three sides tion triangle ABC values versed sine versin vertical angle whence zenith δα
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Página 4 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Página 19 - In any plane triangle, as twice the rectangle under any two sides is to the difference of the sum of the squares of those two sides and the square of the base, so is the radius to the cosine of the angle contained by the two sides.
Página 30 - TO THEIR DIFFERENCE ; So IS THE TANGENT OF HALF THE SUM OF THE OPPOSITE ANGLES', To THE TANGENT OF HALF THEIR DIFFERENCE.
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Página 69 - Being on a horizontal plane, and wanting to ascertain the height of a tower, standing on the top of an inaccessible hill, there were measured, the angle of elevation of the top of the hill 40°, and of the top of the tower 51° ; then measuring in a direct line 180 feet farther from the hill, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower was 33° 45' ; required the height of the tower.
Página 18 - AC, (Fig. 25.) is to their difference ; as the tangent of half the sum of the angles ACB and ABC, to the tangent of half their difference.
Página 85 - A cos 6 = cos a cos c + sin a sin c cos B cos c = cos a cos 6 + sin a sin 6 cos C Law of Cosines for Angles cos A = — cos B...
Página 19 - ... will be — As the base or sum of the segments Is to the sum of the other two sides, So is the difference of those sides To the difference of the segments of the base.
Página 70 - Required the horizontal distance of the mountain-top from the nearer station, and its height. Ans. Distance, 24840 yards; height, 1447 yards. 10. From the top of a light-house the angle of depression of a ship at anchor was observed to be 4° 52', from the bottom of the light-house the angle was 4° 2'.
Página 245 - XI- -A Treatise on Astronomy; in which the Elements of the Science are deduced in a natural Order, from the Appearances of the Heavens to an Observer on the Earth ; demonstrated on Mathematical Principles, and explained by an Application to the various Phenomena. By Olinthus Gregory, Teacher of Mathematics, Cambridge, 8vo.