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... called the measure of the angle ACB . 10. The circumference of a circle is supposed to be divided , or to be divisible , into 360 equal parts , called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts , called minutes ; each of these into 60 ...
... called the measure of the angle ACB . 10. The circumference of a circle is supposed to be divided , or to be divisible , into 360 equal parts , called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts , called minutes ; each of these into 60 ...
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... called the sine total ; the versed sine is also then equal to the radius ; and the secant and tangent becom- ing incapable of mutually limiting each other , are re- garded as infinite . ( E ) . The versed sine of an arc , together with ...
... called the sine total ; the versed sine is also then equal to the radius ; and the secant and tangent becom- ing incapable of mutually limiting each other , are re- garded as infinite . ( E ) . The versed sine of an arc , together with ...
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... called Trigonometrical Tables for use , The arrangement is generally appropriated to two dis- tinct kinds of these ... called logarithmic sines , tangents , & c . The numbers of which these are the logarithms , and which are arranged on ...
... called Trigonometrical Tables for use , The arrangement is generally appropriated to two dis- tinct kinds of these ... called logarithmic sines , tangents , & c . The numbers of which these are the logarithms , and which are arranged on ...
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Olinthus Gregory. pages , are called natural sines , tangents , & c . In the small pocket tables these are usually omitted , and the logarithmic alone retained , as the most useful and expe- ditious in operation . Of the various ...
Olinthus Gregory. pages , are called natural sines , tangents , & c . In the small pocket tables these are usually omitted , and the logarithmic alone retained , as the most useful and expe- ditious in operation . Of the various ...
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... called , they are not described here . The student may , with- out being detained by farther observations , proceed to the solution of the following problems . EXAMPLE I. In order to ascertain my distance from a tower , which was ...
... called , they are not described here . The student may , with- out being detained by farther observations , proceed to the solution of the following problems . EXAMPLE I. In order to ascertain my distance from a tower , which was ...
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Page 4 - 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 248 - SCIENTIFIC DIALOGUES ; intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People ; in which the first principles of Natural and Experimental Philosophy are fully explained, by the Rev.
Page 225 - ... third of the excess of the sum of its three angles above two right angles...
Page 19 - In any plane triangle, as twice the rectangle under any two sides is to the difference of the sum of the squares of those two sides and the square of the base, so is the radius to the cosine of the angle contained by the two sides.
Page 30 - TO THEIR DIFFERENCE ; So IS THE TANGENT OF HALF THE SUM OF THE OPPOSITE ANGLES', To THE TANGENT OF HALF THEIR DIFFERENCE.
Page 249 - OSTELL'S NEW GENERAL ATLAS; containing distinct Maps of all the principal States and Kingdoms throughout the World...
Page 34 - Call any one of the sides radius, and write upon it the word radius ; observe whether the other sides become sines, tangents, or secants, and write those words upon them accordingly. Call the word written upon each side the name of each side ; then say, As the name of the given side, Is to the given side ; So is the name of the required side, To the required side.
Page 69 - Being on a horizontal plane, and wanting to ascertain the height of a tower, standing on the top of an inaccessible hill, there were measured, the angle of elevation of the top of the hill 40°, and of the top of the tower 51° ; then measuring in a direct line 180 feet farther from the hill, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower was 33° 45' ; required the height of the tower.
Page 18 - AC, (Fig. 25.) is to their difference ; as the tangent of half the sum of the angles ACB and ABC, to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 83 - A cos 6 = cos a cos c + sin a sin c cos B cos c = cos a cos 6 + sin a sin 6 cos C Law of Cosines for Angles cos A = — cos B...