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Subtract the sum of the two depressions from the contained arc , and half the remainder is the mean refraction . ( Z ) If one of the objects ( a ) instead of being depressed ...
Subtract the sum of the two depressions from the contained arc , and half the remainder is the mean refraction . ( Z ) If one of the objects ( a ) instead of being depressed ...
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Page 32 - The CO-SINE of an arc is the sine of the complement of that arc as L.
Page 31 - The sine, or right sine, of an arc, is the line drawn from one extremity of the arc, perpendicular to the diameter passing through the other extremity. Thus, BF is the sine of the arc AB, or of the arc BDE.
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Page 242 - ... ZENITH DISTANCE of any celestial object is the arc of a vertical circle, contained between the centre of that object and the zenith ; or it is what the altitude of the object wants of 90 degrees.
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| Title | An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, and the Stereographic Projection of the Sphere: Including the Theory of Navigation ... |
| Author | Thomas Keith |
| Publisher | author, 1810 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 420 pages |
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