A Treatise of Plane Trigonometry: To which is Prefixed a Summary View of the Nature and Use of Logarithms : Being the Second Part of a Course of Mathematics, Adapted to the Method of Instruction in the American Colleges |
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... quantity , +.90309 from each . The remainders will be equal , and therefore the quantities from which the subtraction is made must be equal . See note B. denotes , that that is negative , while the decimal NATURE OF LOGARITHMS .
... quantity , +.90309 from each . The remainders will be equal , and therefore the quantities from which the subtraction is made must be equal . See note B. denotes , that that is negative , while the decimal NATURE OF LOGARITHMS .
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... quantity . The logarithm of 0 , therefore , is infinite and negative . ( Älg . 447. ) 16. It is evident also , that all negative logarithms belong to fractions which are between 1 and 0 ; while positive loga- rithms belong to natural ...
... quantity . The logarithm of 0 , therefore , is infinite and negative . ( Älg . 447. ) 16. It is evident also , that all negative logarithms belong to fractions which are between 1 and 0 ; while positive loga- rithms belong to natural ...
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... quantities ; there can be no other numbers to furnish logarithms for negative quantities . On this ac- count the logarithm of a negative quantity is , by some wri- ters , considered as impossible . But as there is no difference in the ...
... quantities ; there can be no other numbers to furnish logarithms for negative quantities . On this ac- count the logarithm of a negative quantity is , by some wri- ters , considered as impossible . But as there is no difference in the ...
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... quantities in algebra . But it must be kept in mind , that the decimal part of the loga- rithm is positive . ( Art . 10. ) Therefore , that which is car- ried from the decimal part to the index , must be considered positive also . Mult ...
... quantities in algebra . But it must be kept in mind , that the decimal part of the loga- rithm is positive . ( Art . 10. ) Therefore , that which is car- ried from the decimal part to the index , must be considered positive also . Mult ...
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... quantities are multiplied , by means of loga- rithms , in the same manner as those which are positive . ( Art . 16. ) But , after the operation is ended , the proper sign must be applied to the natural number expressing the product , ac ...
... quantities are multiplied , by means of loga- rithms , in the same manner as those which are positive . ( Art . 16. ) But , after the operation is ended , the proper sign must be applied to the natural number expressing the product , ac ...
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Page 81 - C' (89) (90) (91) (92) (93) 112. In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 43 - A cone is a solid figure described by the revolution of a right angled triangle about one of the sides containing the right angle, which side remains fixed.
Page 50 - The surface of a sphere is equal to the product of its diameter by the circumference of a great circle.
Page 55 - ... the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Page 69 - It will be sufficient to lay the edge of a rule on C, so as to be parallel to a line supposed to pass through B and D, and to mark the point of intersection G. 126. If after a field has been surveyed, and the area computed, the chain is found to be too long or too short ; the true contents may be found, upon the principle that similar figures are to each other as the squares of their homologous sides.
Page 118 - The sum of any two sides of a triangle is to their difference, as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite to those sides, to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 89 - Divide the height of the segment by the diameter of the circle ; look for the quotient in the column of heights in the table ; take out the corresponding number in the column of areas ; and multiply it by the square of the diameter.