1. Mathematical Tables1916 - Engineering - 186 pages |
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Page 83
... respect to the equinox , the tropical year is the year of civil reckoning . The anomalistic year is the interval between two successive passages of the perihelion , namely , the time of the earth's nearest approach to the sun . The ...
... respect to the equinox , the tropical year is the year of civil reckoning . The anomalistic year is the interval between two successive passages of the perihelion , namely , the time of the earth's nearest approach to the sun . The ...
Page 94
... respect comes only with practice . The following explanations should be sufficient to per- mit the use of the ordinary slide rule successfully without previous experience and without knowledge of logarithms . Multiplication and Division ...
... respect comes only with practice . The following explanations should be sufficient to per- mit the use of the ordinary slide rule successfully without previous experience and without knowledge of logarithms . Multiplication and Division ...
Page 121
... respect to zo is smaller than the sum of the squares of the residuals with respect to any other value x'o ; hence the name of the method : " least squares . " ] The quantities r and ro , defined exactly by Bessel's formula : 0.6745 T ...
... respect to zo is smaller than the sum of the squares of the residuals with respect to any other value x'o ; hence the name of the method : " least squares . " ] The quantities r and ro , defined exactly by Bessel's formula : 0.6745 T ...
Page 122
... respect to xo , yo , 20. [ It can be shown that the sum of the squares of the residuals with respect to xo , yo , zo is smaller than the corresponding quantity with respect to any other set of values , x'o , y'o , z'o ; this relation is ...
... respect to xo , yo , 20. [ It can be shown that the sum of the squares of the residuals with respect to xo , yo , zo is smaller than the corresponding quantity with respect to any other set of values , x'o , y'o , z'o ; this relation is ...
Page 127
... respect to z is defined as dw / dz = - = lim { [ f ( z + Az ) − f ( z ) ] / Az } when Az approaches 0 . It can be ... respects from the algebra of complex quantities , see p . 185 . TRIGONOMETRY FORMAL TRIGONOMETRY FIG . 1 . Angles , or ...
... respect to z is defined as dw / dz = - = lim { [ f ( z + Az ) − f ( z ) ] / Az } when Az approaches 0 . It can be ... respects from the algebra of complex quantities , see p . 185 . TRIGONOMETRY FORMAL TRIGONOMETRY FIG . 1 . Angles , or ...
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9 Avg angle asymptotes axes axis binomial coefficients bisects body of table chord coefficients COMMON LOGARITHMS computation correct to four corresponding cosh Cosines Cotangents CUBE ROOTS CUBE ROOTS continued curvature curve cx² decimal point denoted diam diameter diff differential distance divide draw ellipse equal equivalent to moving Explanation of Table formula four figures fraction gram hyperbolic kilogram length logarithms loge machine meters Method moving it THREE Moving the decimal multiplication nth root parabola parallel perpendicular place in body plane plot point ONE place quantities radian radical axis radius requires moving scale segment Simultaneous Equations Sines sinh slide rule Solution specific gravity spherical SQUARE ROOTS straight line subtracting table gives tangent tanh triangle TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS unit variable vector VN N VN Volume x-axis y₁ zero