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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... secant of the complement of that arc . Thus BI , HK and CK , the sine , tangent and secant of HB , are termed the cosine , cotangent and cosecant of AB , 9. What an arc lacks of a semicircle , is called its supple- ment . Thus BHD is ...
... secant of the complement of that arc . Thus BI , HK and CK , the sine , tangent and secant of HB , are termed the cosine , cotangent and cosecant of AB , 9. What an arc lacks of a semicircle , is called its supple- ment . Thus BHD is ...
Page 33
... secant : tang . :: radius : sine . In the algebraic formulæ used to express the relations of sines , tangents , & c ... secant ; cosine.secant = 1 ; cos = = cosine sec't √1 + tan2 3 . cosecant ; sine.cosecant = 1 . sine 1 5 SECTION I ...
... secant : tang . :: radius : sine . In the algebraic formulæ used to express the relations of sines , tangents , & c ... secant ; cosine.secant = 1 ; cos = = cosine sec't √1 + tan2 3 . cosecant ; sine.cosecant = 1 . sine 1 5 SECTION I ...
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... secant ✓ 1 + tan ART . 24. It is sometimes necessary to attend to the alge- braic signs of these quantities , particularly when they are reduced to general formulæ . G H K L I B M D Q N E F P An arc estimated in one di- rection is ...
... secant ✓ 1 + tan ART . 24. It is sometimes necessary to attend to the alge- braic signs of these quantities , particularly when they are reduced to general formulæ . G H K L I B M D Q N E F P An arc estimated in one di- rection is ...
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... secant CG , not being produced through N , but in the opposite direction , is negative . If we take the arc more than three quadrants , but less than four , as AHDE ; the sine EF is still negative , but the cosine CF and the secant CP ...
... secant CG , not being produced through N , but in the opposite direction , is negative . If we take the arc more than three quadrants , but less than four , as AHDE ; the sine EF is still negative , but the cosine CF and the secant CP ...
Page 37
... secant in place of sine , the proposition will still be true ; and the demonstra- tion will be made out in the same manner by drawing tan- gents to the circles at B and G , and using those tangents , or their secants , instead of the ...
... secant in place of sine , the proposition will still be true ; and the demonstra- tion will be made out in the same manner by drawing tan- gents to the circles at B and G , and using those tangents , or their secants , instead of 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.