Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical: With the Construction and Application of Logarithms |
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... Table exhi- biting the Length of the Sine , Tangent , and Se- cant , to every Degree and Minute of the Qua- drant , with refpect to the Radius ; which is fup- pofed Unity , and conceived to be divided into 10000 , or more , Decimal ...
... Table exhi- biting the Length of the Sine , Tangent , and Se- cant , to every Degree and Minute of the Qua- drant , with refpect to the Radius ; which is fup- pofed Unity , and conceived to be divided into 10000 , or more , Decimal ...
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... Table ) to the Sine of the Angle at the Bafe . E 1G For , let AE or AF be the Radius to which the Table of Sines , & c . is adapted , and ED the Sine of the Angle A or Arch EF ( Vid . Def . 3. and 6. ) ; BD F then , because of the fi ...
... Table ) to the Sine of the Angle at the Bafe . E 1G For , let AE or AF be the Radius to which the Table of Sines , & c . is adapted , and ED the Sine of the Angle A or Arch EF ( Vid . Def . 3. and 6. ) ; BD F then , because of the fi ...
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... Table of Sines and Tangents ; I fhall here fhew the Manner of constructing fuch a Table ( as the Foundation upon which the whole Doctrine is grounded ) ; in order to which , it will be requifite to premise the following Propofitions ...
... Table of Sines and Tangents ; I fhall here fhew the Manner of constructing fuch a Table ( as the Foundation upon which the whole Doctrine is grounded ) ; in order to which , it will be requifite to premise the following Propofitions ...
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... Difference . But , because of the fimilar Triangles OCF , Omn and Dum , It will be SOC : Om :: CF : mn OC Dm :: FO : Dv } Q. E.D. COROLLARY L Because of the foregoing Proportions , we have 3 Co- 12 Conftruction of the Table.
... Difference . But , because of the fimilar Triangles OCF , Omn and Dum , It will be SOC : Om :: CF : mn OC Dm :: FO : Dv } Q. E.D. COROLLARY L Because of the foregoing Proportions , we have 3 Co- 12 Conftruction of the Table.
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... the Manner of constructing the Trigonome- trical Canon . First , find the Sine of an Arch of one Minute , by the preceding Prop . and then its Co - fine , by Prop . Prop . 1. which let be denoted by C ; 14 Conftruction of the Table.
... the Manner of constructing the Trigonome- trical Canon . First , find the Sine of an Arch of one Minute , by the preceding Prop . and then its Co - fine , by Prop . Prop . 1. which let be denoted by C ; 14 Conftruction of the Table.
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Page 1 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; and each degree into 60 minutes, each minute into 60 seconds, and so on.
Page 3 - Canon, is a table showing the length of the sine, tangent, and secant, to every degree and minute of the quadrant, with respect to the radius, which is expressed by unity or 1, with any number of ciphers.
Page 6 - In every plane triangle, it will be, as the sum of any two sides is to their difference...
Page 41 - The sum of the logarithms of any two numbers is equal to the logarithm of their product. Therefore, the addition of logarithms corresponds to the multiplication of their numbers.
Page 13 - If the sine of the mean of three equidifferent arcs' dius being unity) be multiplied into twice the cosine of the common difference, and the sine of either extreme be deducted from the product, the remainder will be the sine of the other extreme. (B.) The sine of any arc above 60°, is equal to the sine of another arc as much below 60°, together with the sine of its excess above 60°. Remark. From this latter proposition, the sines below 60° being known, those of arcs above 60° are determinable...
Page 31 - ... is the tangent of half the vertical angle to the tangent of the angle which the perpendicular CD makes with the line CF, bisecting the vertical angle.
Page 73 - BD, is to their Difference ; fo is the Tangent of half the Sum of the Angles BDC and BCD, to the Tangent of half their Difference.
Page 28 - As the sum of the sines of two unequal arches is to their difference, so is the tangent of half the sum of those arches to the tangent of half their difference : and as the sum...
Page 68 - In any right lined triangle, having two unequal sides ; as the less of those sides is to the greater, so is radius to the tangent of an angle ; and as radius is to the tangent of the excess of...