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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... quadrant , a table of Rhumbs , a table of meridional parts , Workman's table for the correction of the middle latitude , a table of refractions , with corrections for the states of the barometer and thermometer , a table for dip or ...
... quadrant , a table of Rhumbs , a table of meridional parts , Workman's table for the correction of the middle latitude , a table of refractions , with corrections for the states of the barometer and thermometer , a table for dip or ...
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... quadrants , Demonstration of a formula for sin ( n + 1 ) a , 66 66 66 cos ( n + 1 ) a , Application of the formulas for computing a table of sines , & c . , Formulas of verification in the computation of the tables , Series for ...
... quadrants , Demonstration of a formula for sin ( n + 1 ) a , 66 66 66 cos ( n + 1 ) a , Application of the formulas for computing a table of sines , & c . , Formulas of verification in the computation of the tables , Series for ...
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... is quite unnecessary to use the symbols and " . 1488 5926 would some- times be written 19.485926 , where the symbol denotes a quadrant or right angle q It has a metallic radius movable about the centre of MEASUREMENT OF ANGLES . 7.
... is quite unnecessary to use the symbols and " . 1488 5926 would some- times be written 19.485926 , where the symbol denotes a quadrant or right angle q It has a metallic radius movable about the centre of MEASUREMENT OF ANGLES . 7.
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... quadrant , the sine of which is R. ( R signifying radius ; which line this letter , whenever employed hereafter ... quadrants , when the sine is again equal in length to R. From 270 ° to 360 ° the sine decreases , till at the latter ...
... quadrant , the sine of which is R. ( R signifying radius ; which line this letter , whenever employed hereafter ... quadrants , when the sine is again equal in length to R. From 270 ° to 360 ° the sine decreases , till at the latter ...
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... quadrants , from those which it had in the first . So that when the sine of an arc greater than 90 ° is required , an arc , having an equal sine , may be found in the first quadrant . To find this arc we have the following rule , the ...
... quadrants , from those which it had in the first . So that when the sine of an arc greater than 90 ° is required , an arc , having an equal sine , may be found in the first quadrant . To find this arc we have the following rule , the ...
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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