Practical Astronomy and Geodesy: Including the Projections of the Sphere and Spherical Trigonometry. For the Use of the Royal Military CollegeLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845 - 427 pages |
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... sides and angles 58. Spheres to which , in Practical Astronomy , the triangles are conceived to belong - 020 43 43 44 ... side opposite to one of them - 63. Explanation of the middle part , and the adjacent and opposite parts , in right ...
... sides and angles 58. Spheres to which , in Practical Astronomy , the triangles are conceived to belong - 020 43 43 44 ... side opposite to one of them - 63. Explanation of the middle part , and the adjacent and opposite parts , in right ...
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... sides of a spherical triangle when there are given the other side and two adjacent angles 69. Investigations of formulæ for expressing the relations between an angle in any plane and its orthographical projection on a plane inclined to ...
... sides of a spherical triangle when there are given the other side and two adjacent angles 69. Investigations of formulæ for expressing the relations between an angle in any plane and its orthographical projection on a plane inclined to ...
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... SIDES OF THE TRIANGLES . MANNER OF DETERMINING THE POSITION , AND COMPUTING THE LENGTH OF A GEODETICAL ARC . PROPOSITIONS RELATING TO THE VALUES OF TERRESTRIAL ARCS ON THE SUPPOSITION THAT THE EARTH IS A SPHEROID OF REVOLUTION . THE ...
... SIDES OF THE TRIANGLES . MANNER OF DETERMINING THE POSITION , AND COMPUTING THE LENGTH OF A GEODETICAL ARC . PROPOSITIONS RELATING TO THE VALUES OF TERRESTRIAL ARCS ON THE SUPPOSITION THAT THE EARTH IS A SPHEROID OF REVOLUTION . THE ...
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... sides of terrestrial triangles 399. Formulæ for computing a side of a triangle in feet or in seconds - - - 400. Formula for the reduction of a spherical arc to its chord 401. Rule for the reduction of a spherical angle to the angle ...
... sides of terrestrial triangles 399. Formulæ for computing a side of a triangle in feet or in seconds - - - 400. Formula for the reduction of a spherical arc to its chord 401. Rule for the reduction of a spherical angle to the angle ...
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... sides is accurately or nearly the circumference of a circle , and that when a ship has reached any part of this line she seems to sink into the water , the spectator recognizes the fact that she is moving on a surface to which the ...
... sides is accurately or nearly the circumference of a circle , and that when a ship has reached any part of this line she seems to sink into the water , the spectator recognizes the fact that she is moving on a surface to which the ...
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