Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry: With Its Applications to the Principles of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy. With the Logarithmic and Trigonometrical TablesJ. Souter, 1833 - 264 pages |
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... reference to one common standard of measure , called the linear unit ; the choice of which unit is , however , arbitrary . Thus if we estimate any one of the lines concerned in any inquiry in feet , all must be estimated in feet , and ...
... reference to one common standard of measure , called the linear unit ; the choice of which unit is , however , arbitrary . Thus if we estimate any one of the lines concerned in any inquiry in feet , all must be estimated in feet , and ...
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... reference to the table , as we know the log . of this to be Taking then the known line AB for 10 . radius in the figure , we have A B Rad . 10 : AB 288 2.4593925 :: tan . A 53 ° 8 ' 10.1249898 : BC 384.05 2.5843823 ; C BC might have ...
... reference to the table , as we know the log . of this to be Taking then the known line AB for 10 . radius in the figure , we have A B Rad . 10 : AB 288 2.4593925 :: tan . A 53 ° 8 ' 10.1249898 : BC 384.05 2.5843823 ; C BC might have ...
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... reference to the same common radius , so that the chords on the scale of rhumbs belong to that circle whose radius equals the chord of 60 ° on the scale of chords ; and the method of lay- ing down a traverse from these scales , and one ...
... reference to the same common radius , so that the chords on the scale of rhumbs belong to that circle whose radius equals the chord of 60 ° on the scale of chords ; and the method of lay- ing down a traverse from these scales , and one ...
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... reference to the observer's sensible horizon EH ; and the angle SCR will be the true alti- S H R tude , in reference to the rational horizon CR ; and the difference of these angles is the parallax in altitude . If the body be at H , in ...
... reference to the observer's sensible horizon EH ; and the angle SCR will be the true alti- S H R tude , in reference to the rational horizon CR ; and the difference of these angles is the parallax in altitude . If the body be at H , in ...
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... reference to the Nautical Almanack and a subsequent proportion , find the moon's declination at that time : thus Moon's declination at Greenwich , Feb. 19 at noon 26 ° 38 ′ 17 ′′ Feb. 19 at midn . 26 54 39 16 22 . Change of declination ...
... reference to the Nautical Almanack and a subsequent proportion , find the moon's declination at that time : thus Moon's declination at Greenwich , Feb. 19 at noon 26 ° 38 ′ 17 ′′ Feb. 19 at midn . 26 54 39 16 22 . Change of declination ...
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ABC are given apparent altitude arc BC arith Asin called celestial sphere centre chord circle colatitude comp complement computation correction cosec cosine cotangent course and distance deduced departure determine diff difference of latitude difference of longitude direct course equal equations equinoctial expression find the angle formula given side Greenwich hence horizon hour angle hypotenuse included angle logarithmic measured meridian middle latitude miles Napier's Nautical Almanack negative oblique obtuse opposite angle parallax parallel parallel sailing perpendicular plane sailing plane triangle pole PROBLEM quadrant quantities radius right ascension right-angled triangle rule secant semidiameter ship sin.c sine sine and cosine solution sphere spherical angle spherical triangle spherical trigonometry subtracting supplement tabular line tangent third side three angles three sides triangle ABC trigono trigonometrical lines true altitude values vertical zenith
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Page 22 - In every plane triangle, the sum of two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite those sides is to the tangent of half their difference.
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Page 160 - If the zenith distance and declination be of the same name, that is, both north or both south, their sum will be the latitude ; but, if of different names, their difference will be the latitude, of the same name as the greater.
Page 165 - PS' ; the coaltitudes zs, zs', and the hour angle SPS', which measures the interval between the observations ; and the quantity sought is the colatitude ZP. Now, in the triangle PSS , we have given two sides and the included angle to find the third side ss', and one of the remaining angles, say the angle PSS'. In the triangle zss...
Page 129 - To THE TANGENT OF THE COURSE ; So IS THE MERIDIONAL DIFFERENCE OF LATITUDE, To THE DIFFERENCE OF LONGITUDE. By this theorem, the difference of longitude may be calculated, without previously rinding the departure.
Page vi - MICHAEL O'SHANNESSY, AM 1 vol. 8vo. " The volume before us forms the third of an analytical course, which commences with the * Elements of Analytical Geometry.' More elegant t&xtbooks do not exist in the English language, and we trust they will speedily be adopted in our Mathematical Seminaries. The existence of such auxiliaries will, of itself, we hope, prove an inducement to the cultivation of Analytical Science ; for, to the want of such...
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Page 138 - PEP' (Fig. 22,) represent the meridian of the place, Z being the zenith, and HO the horizon ; and let LL' be the apparent path of the sun on the proposed day, cutting the horizon in S. Then the...