Tables of Logarithms of Numbers and of Sines and Tangents for Every Ten Seconds of the Quadrant: With Other Useful Tables |
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... diameter intercepted between the sine and the arc . Thus GA is the versed sine of the arc AF . ( 24 ) . The tangent of an arc is the line which touches it at one extremity , and is terminated by a line drawn from the center through the ...
... diameter intercepted between the sine and the arc . Thus GA is the versed sine of the arc AF . ( 24 ) . The tangent of an arc is the line which touches it at one extremity , and is terminated by a line drawn from the center through the ...
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... diameters , AB , DE , perpendicu- lar to each other , and suppose one of them to occupy a horizontal position , B the ... diameter ; the second quadrant is above the horizontal diame- ter , and on the left of the vertical , and so on ...
... diameters , AB , DE , perpendicu- lar to each other , and suppose one of them to occupy a horizontal position , B the ... diameter ; the second quadrant is above the horizontal diame- ter , and on the left of the vertical , and so on ...
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... diameter as positive ; consequently , those which fall below must be regarded as negative . That is , the sines are positive in the first and second quadrants , and nega- tive in the third and fourth . In the first quadrant the cosine ...
... diameter as positive ; consequently , those which fall below must be regarded as negative . That is , the sines are positive in the first and second quadrants , and nega- tive in the third and fourth . In the first quadrant the cosine ...
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... diameter , RULE . Multiply the diameter by 3.14159 . For the demonstration of this rule , see Geometry , Prop . 13 , Cor . 2 , B. VI . When the diameter of the circle is small , and no great ac- curacy is required , it may be sufficient ...
... diameter , RULE . Multiply the diameter by 3.14159 . For the demonstration of this rule , see Geometry , Prop . 13 , Cor . 2 , B. VI . When the diameter of the circle is small , and no great ac- curacy is required , it may be sufficient ...
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... diameter ? Ans . , 2160 miles . Ex . 3. If the circumference of the moon's orbit is 1,492,987 miles , what is its diameter ? Ans . , 475,233 miles . PROBLEM VIII . ( 95. ) To find the length of an arc of a circle . RULE I. As 360 is to ...
... diameter ? Ans . , 2160 miles . Ex . 3. If the circumference of the moon's orbit is 1,492,987 miles , what is its diameter ? Ans . , 475,233 miles . PROBLEM VIII . ( 95. ) To find the length of an arc of a circle . RULE I. As 360 is to ...
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Page 20 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, • called degrees, each degree into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds, etc.
Page 163 - In any spherical triangle, the sines of the sides are proportional to the sines of the opposite angles. In the case of right-angled spherical triangles, this proposition has already been demonstrated.
Page 69 - FIND the area of the sector having the same arc with the segment, by the last problem. Find also the area of the triangle, formed by the chord of the segment and the two radii of the sector.
Page 54 - 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 69 - TO THE NUMBER OF DEGREES IN THE ARC ; So IS THE AREA OF THE CIRCLE, TO THE AREA OF THE SECTOR.
Page 73 - To find the solidity of a pyramid. RULE. Multiply the area of the base by one third of the altitude.
Page vi - The characteristic of the logarithm of ANY NUMBER GREATER THAN UNITY, is one less than the number of integral figures in the given number.
Page 184 - If a heavy sphere, whose diameter is 4 inches, be let fall into a conical glass, full of water, whose diameter is 5, and altitude 6 inches ; it is required to determine how much water will run over ? AHS.