A Treatise on Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical: With Its Application to Navigation and Surveying, Nautical and Practical Astronomy and Geodesy : with Logarithmic, Trigonometrical, and Nautical TablesG.P. Putnam, 1852 - 496 pages |
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... errors of observation on results ; in short , everything necessary for a comprehensive knowledge of Trigonometry.t * The German tables most in use are those of Vega and those of Köhler . † Navigation and Surveying , if to be studied ...
... errors of observation on results ; in short , everything necessary for a comprehensive knowledge of Trigonometry.t * The German tables most in use are those of Vega and those of Köhler . † Navigation and Surveying , if to be studied ...
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... the theory of their adjustments , and of the corrections to be applied to the observations for errors of adjustment , the use of nearly every part of the nautical almanac and tables of corrections for determining PREFACE .
... the theory of their adjustments , and of the corrections to be applied to the observations for errors of adjustment , the use of nearly every part of the nautical almanac and tables of corrections for determining PREFACE .
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... errors for very large or very small angles , • Resolution of quadratic equations trigonometrically , Determination of the increment of the sine , tangent , & c . , from a small increment of the angle , · · Exercises in Plane ...
... errors for very large or very small angles , • Resolution of quadratic equations trigonometrically , Determination of the increment of the sine , tangent , & c . , from a small increment of the angle , · · Exercises in Plane ...
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... error of collimation , ib . Example illustrating the application of all the corrections for instrumenta error , • 162 Astronomical Problem . Given the latitude of a station and the declinatior Conversion of siderial into mean solar time ...
... error of collimation , ib . Example illustrating the application of all the corrections for instrumenta error , • 162 Astronomical Problem . Given the latitude of a station and the declinatior Conversion of siderial into mean solar time ...
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... errors of observation in the data upon the quæsita , and under what circumstances these will be minima , 197 • PART III . NAVIGATION . Definitions , 203 " C " 6 Description and use of the mariner's compass , THEORY OF PLANE SAILING ...
... errors of observation in the data upon the quæsita , and under what circumstances these will be minima , 197 • PART III . NAVIGATION . Definitions , 203 " C " 6 Description and use of the mariner's compass , THEORY OF PLANE SAILING ...
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altitude applied arith azimuth calculated called celestial sphere centre colatitude collimation column comp complement computed corresponding cos² cosc cosec cosine cot² cotangent decimal declination determine diagram diff divided employed equation error EXAMPLE expressed feet formula Geom given number half the sum height hence horizontal hour angle hypothenuse instrument latitude longitude means meridian middle wire miles multiplied Nautical Almanac negative number of degrees observed obtained parallel perpendicular plane triangle polar pole proportion quadrant quotient radius right angled triangle right ascension screw secant second member side opposite siderial sin a sin sin² sine and cosine sine of half solution sphere spherical triangle spherical trigonometry spirit level star substituting subtracting supporting axis supposed tables of Callet tangent telescope three sides transit trigonometrical lines vertex zenith distance