A Treatise of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry: In Theory and Practice ; Adapted to the Use of Students ; Extracted Mostly from Similar Works of Ludlam, Playfair, Vince, and Bonnycastle |
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... proportion , and diminished in a subdecuple proportion , to which therefore such a division would be peculiarly adapted . The ancients chose the number 360 , probably because the Egyptians , to whom this division of the circle is ...
... proportion , and diminished in a subdecuple proportion , to which therefore such a division would be peculiarly adapted . The ancients chose the number 360 , probably because the Egyptians , to whom this division of the circle is ...
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... proportion . A table exhibiting the length of the sine , tangent , and se- cant of every degree and minute of the first quadrant in such parts , of which 10,000,000 make the radius , is called a trigo- nometrical canon ; and it will ...
... proportion . A table exhibiting the length of the sine , tangent , and se- cant of every degree and minute of the first quadrant in such parts , of which 10,000,000 make the radius , is called a trigo- nometrical canon ; and it will ...
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... radius and the sine of twice that angle . * By the analytical properties of proportion . Or thus , DA : AF :: DAXDA or DA2 : DAXAF = AB2 ( 15. 5 ) . The Application of Trigonometry to the Mensuration of the Sides PLANE TRIGONOMETRY . 11 .
... radius and the sine of twice that angle . * By the analytical properties of proportion . Or thus , DA : AF :: DAXDA or DA2 : DAXAF = AB2 ( 15. 5 ) . The Application of Trigonometry to the Mensuration of the Sides PLANE TRIGONOMETRY . 11 .
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... proportions . AC : AB :: R :: sine C. Whence the sine of the angle C is known , and consequently the quantity of the ... proportion . We may invert these analogies , as follows : Sine CR : AB : AC , Sine AR : CB : AC , Tan . A R : BC ...
... proportions . AC : AB :: R :: sine C. Whence the sine of the angle C is known , and consequently the quantity of the ... proportion . We may invert these analogies , as follows : Sine CR : AB : AC , Sine AR : CB : AC , Tan . A R : BC ...
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... proportion of the sides to one another is the same as that of the sines of the angles which are opposite to them . LEMMA III . 57. If the semi - sum and semi - difference of any two quantities be added together , the aggregate will be ...
... proportion of the sides to one another is the same as that of the sines of the angles which are opposite to them . LEMMA III . 57. If the semi - sum and semi - difference of any two quantities be added together , the aggregate will be ...
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Page 12 - In every plane triangle, the sum of two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite those sides is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page ix - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Page 23 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 13 - In any triangle, twice the rectangle contained by any two sides is to the difference between the sum of the squares of those sides, and the square of the base, as the radius to the cosine of the angle included by the two sides. Let ABC be any triangle, 2AB.BC is to the difference between AB2+BC2 and AC2 as radius to cos.
Page 87 - The cosine of half the sum of two sides of a spherical triangle is to the cosine of half their difference as the cotangent of half the included angle is to the tangent of half the sum of the other two angles. The sine of half the sum of two sides of a spherical...
Page 74 - The sum of any two sides is greater than the third side, and their difference is less than the third side.