Nine Geometricall Exercises: For Young Sea-men, and Others that are Studious in Mathematicall Practices ... All which Exercises are Geometrically Performed, by a Line of Chords and Equal Parts, by Waies Not Usually Known Or Practised. Unto which the Analogies Or Proportions are Added, Whereby They May be Applied to the Chiliads of Logarithms, and Canons of Artificiall Sines and TangentsJ. Flesher, 1704 - 192 pages |
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... Sine , and is the greatest of all Sines : For the Sine of an Ark Fig . III . greater than a Quadrant , is less than the Radius ; so FG is the whole Sine or Radius . 3. A Versed Sine is the Segment of the Radius between the Ark and its Right ...
... Sine , and is the greatest of all Sines : For the Sine of an Ark Fig . III . greater than a Quadrant , is less than the Radius ; so FG is the whole Sine or Radius . 3. A Versed Sine is the Segment of the Radius between the Ark and its Right ...
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... Sine of the Sum of the Angles B and E , Is to the Sum of the Sines of the Angles B and É ; So is the Tangent of half the Bafe B E , To the Tangent of the half Sum of the Sides A B and A E. But ... Versed Sine of 80 Janua Mathematica .
... Sine of the Sum of the Angles B and E , Is to the Sum of the Sines of the Angles B and É ; So is the Tangent of half the Bafe B E , To the Tangent of the half Sum of the Sides A B and A E. But ... Versed Sine of 80 Janua Mathematica .
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... Versed Sine of PZS the AngleFig . Sought : And the Right Lines NC , KL , and RG , being Paral- XXIX . lel , by the ... Versed Sine of the Base , and the Verfed Sine of the Difference of the other Two Sides , To the Verfed Sine of ...
... Versed Sine of PZS the AngleFig . Sought : And the Right Lines NC , KL , and RG , being Paral- XXIX . lel , by the ... Versed Sine of the Base , and the Verfed Sine of the Difference of the other Two Sides , To the Verfed Sine of ...
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... Versed Sine of the Angle fought . Which was to be Demon- Strated . THEOREM V. In all Spherical Triangles , As the Rectangle of the Sines of the Sides containing the enquired Angle , Is to the Square of the Radius ; So is the Rectangle ...
... Versed Sine of the Angle fought . Which was to be Demon- Strated . THEOREM V. In all Spherical Triangles , As the Rectangle of the Sines of the Sides containing the enquired Angle , Is to the Square of the Radius ; So is the Rectangle ...
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... Versed Sine of an Arch , is equal to the Square of the Sine of half the Arch : As in the foregoing Diagram ; let the Arch given be D T , then is DX the Versed Sine of that Arch ; and D F the Right Sine of half the Arch ; and the ...
... Versed Sine of an Arch , is equal to the Square of the Sine of half the Arch : As in the foregoing Diagram ; let the Arch given be D T , then is DX the Versed Sine of that Arch ; and D F the Right Sine of half the Arch ; and the ...
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Page 71 - That i г is, the tangent of half the bafe is to the tangent of half the fum of the...
Page 39 - So is the Tangent of half the Sum of the oppofite Angles to the Tangent of half their Difference.
Page 72 - Prove that, in any plane triangle, the base is to the difference of the other two sides, as the sine of half the sum of the angles at the base, to the sine of half their difference : also, that the base is to the sum of the other two sides, as the cosine of half the sum of the angles at the base, to the cosine of half their difference. Ex.
Page 221 - Bring 22 d. of Capricorn to the Meridian, and fet the Hour Index to 1 2. Then turn the Globe about till Aldebaran be under the Meridian, and then you (hall find the Index to point at 42 m.
Page 165 - A line drawn from one pole to the other is called the axis of the magnet-.
Page 30 - Diameter pafllng thro' the other End ; or it is half the Chord of twice the Arch ; fo BF is the Sine of the Arches BA, BD.
Page 218 - Bring 2 1 d. of Capricorn to the Meridian, and the Index to 1 2 a Clock. Then move the Globe and Quadrant of Altitude fo together, that the Great Dog meet with 14 d.