A Treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry: Including the Construction of the Auxiliary Tables; a Concise Tract on the Conic Sections, and the Principles of Spherical Projection |
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... circle is any part of the circumference , usually taken less than the whole . As AB , or BHD . 2. The chord of an ... circle , the line BF , at right angles to it , is the sine , or right sine , of the arc AB or DHB . 4. The tangent of ...
... circle is any part of the circumference , usually taken less than the whole . As AB , or BHD . 2. The chord of an ... circle , the line BF , at right angles to it , is the sine , or right sine , of the arc AB or DHB . 4. The tangent of ...
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... circle at one extremity of the arc , and extends till it meets another right line , which is drawn from the centre through the other extremity . Thus AG , which touches the circle at A , is the tangent of AB , 5. The secant of an arc is ...
... circle at one extremity of the arc , and extends till it meets another right line , which is drawn from the centre through the other extremity . Thus AG , which touches the circle at A , is the tangent of AB , 5. The secant of an arc is ...
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... circle , subtended by a quadrant , is always a right angle . ART . 23. The lines AG and HK , which touch the circle at A and H , are respectively at right angles to CA and CH ( 18.3 ) ; hence CAG and KHC are right angled triangles . Now ...
... circle , subtended by a quadrant , is always a right angle . ART . 23. The lines AG and HK , which touch the circle at A and H , are respectively at right angles to CA and CH ( 18.3 ) ; hence CAG and KHC are right angled triangles . Now ...
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... circle , is equal to the radius of the circle . But the side of a regular hexagon , inscribed in a circle , subtends an arc of 60 ° ; hence the chord of 60 ° is equal to the radius of the circle . Again , since a quadrant subtends a ...
... circle , is equal to the radius of the circle . But the side of a regular hexagon , inscribed in a circle , subtends an arc of 60 ° ; hence the chord of 60 ° is equal to the radius of the circle . Again , since a quadrant subtends a ...
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... circle DCEF ; meeting AB , produced in D and E ; and CB , produced in F ; join AF , DC ; and through E draw EG parallel to BC , meeting DC produced in G. Then it is evident that DB is the sum , and BE the difference , of AC and AB . The ...
... circle DCEF ; meeting AB , produced in D and E ; and CB , produced in F ; join AF , DC ; and through E draw EG parallel to BC , meeting DC produced in G. Then it is evident that DB is the sum , and BE the difference , of AC and AB . The ...
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ABDP angled spherical triangle base bisect c.cos c.sin centre circle Art common section Comp AC cone conical surface consequently construction cosec cosine cotan directrix distance drawn EC² ecliptic ED² ellipse equal equation given angle greater axis Hence hyperbola hypothenuse join latus rectum less circle Let ABC line of measures logarithms meet opposite ordinate original circle parabola parallel perpendicular plane of projection primitive circle projected circle projected pole projecting point Q. E. D. ART Q. E. D. Cor quadrant radius right angled spherical right ascension right line secant semicircle semitangent sides similar triangles sine sphere spherical angle tangent tangent of half touches the circle triangle ABC vertex vertical angle whence wherefore
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Page 32 - 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 39 - In the same way it may be proved that a : b : : sin. A : sin. B, and these two proportions may be written a : 6 : c : : sin. A : sin. B : sin. C. THEOREM III. t8. 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. By Theorem II. we have a : b : : sin. A : sin. B.
Page 95 - TO THEIR DIFFERENCE ; So IS THE TANGENT OF HALF THE SUM OF THE OPPOSITE ANGLES', To THE TANGENT OF HALF THEIR DIFFERENCE.
Page 98 - In a right angled spherical triangle, the rectangle under the radius and the sine of the middle part, is equal to the rectangle under the tangents of the adjacent parts ; or', to the rectangle under the cosines of the opposite parts.
Page 40 - Def. 10. 1.) If then CE is made radius, GE is the tangent of GCE, (Art. 84.) that is, the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite to AB and AC. If from the greater of the two angles ACB and ABC, there be taken ACD their half sum ; the remaining angle ECB will be their half difference.
Page 36 - The side of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle is equal to the radius of the circle.
Page 115 - The straight line joining the vertex and the centre of the base is called the axis of the cone.
Page 97 - The cotangent of half the sum of the angles at the base, Is to the tangent of half their difference...
Page 82 - If two angles of a spherical triangle are equal, the sides opposite these angles are equal and the triangle is isosceles. In the spherical triangle ABC, let the angle B equal the angle C. To prove that AC = AB. Proof. Let the A A'B'C
Page 82 - If two triangles have two angles of the one respectively equal to two angles of the other, the third angles are equal.