A Treatise on Mensuration: Both in Theory and PracticeSaint, 1770 - 646 pages |
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Page xxiii
... common way by means of the fines , & c . of angles , I have given a new and extenfive method , by which all the cafes of trigonometry are performed independent of all fines , tangents , & c . and without any kind of tables . Sect . 3 ...
... common way by means of the fines , & c . of angles , I have given a new and extenfive method , by which all the cafes of trigonometry are performed independent of all fines , tangents , & c . and without any kind of tables . Sect . 3 ...
Page xxv
... common false one either by the pen or the sliding rule ; as also some curious rules for cutting timber to the most advantage . " The book then concludes with a large table of the areas of circular fegments , extended to ten times the ...
... common false one either by the pen or the sliding rule ; as also some curious rules for cutting timber to the most advantage . " The book then concludes with a large table of the areas of circular fegments , extended to ten times the ...
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... common to exprefs the intended angle by the two letters which are at the ends of its legs with the letter denoting the angular point between them , as the angle GFE , or GFH . A right angle is that which is made by two lines meeting fo ...
... common to exprefs the intended angle by the two letters which are at the ends of its legs with the letter denoting the angular point between them , as the angle GFE , or GFH . A right angle is that which is made by two lines meeting fo ...
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... common to two arcs in the fame circle , fo DB is the chord both of the arc DFB , and of the arc DAEB , which two arcs taken together always make up the whole circum- ference . A fegment is any part of the circle terminated by an arc and ...
... common to two arcs in the fame circle , fo DB is the chord both of the arc DFB , and of the arc DAEB , which two arcs taken together always make up the whole circum- ference . A fegment is any part of the circle terminated by an arc and ...
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... common to two arcs which are the fupplements of each other : fo the fine , tan- gent , & c . of 50 ° is alfo the ... common to an infinite number of triangles . In plane trigonometry there are three cafes or va- rieties only , viz . 1 ...
... common to two arcs which are the fupplements of each other : fo the fine , tan- gent , & c . of 50 ° is alfo the ... common to an infinite number of triangles . In plane trigonometry there are three cafes or va- rieties only , viz . 1 ...
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