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... equator . B Hence D E will be to A B , as D H , the radius of the parallel , is to A C , the radius of the equator , or the radius of the globe . But D H is the sine of D P , or cosine of D A , the latitude of the parallel ; therefore ...
... equator . B Hence D E will be to A B , as D H , the radius of the parallel , is to A C , the radius of the equator , or the radius of the globe . But D H is the sine of D P , or cosine of D A , the latitude of the parallel ; therefore ...
Page 151
... equator , or indeed for such short distances as an ordinary day's run in any situation , except in very high latitudes , the meridian distance in the middle parallel may , without any important sacrifice of accuracy , be taken for the ...
... equator , or indeed for such short distances as an ordinary day's run in any situation , except in very high latitudes , the meridian distance in the middle parallel may , without any important sacrifice of accuracy , be taken for the ...
Page 152
... . Now , as the meridians are all great circles , and the parallels are all small circles of the globe , it is evident that , except at the equator , no given part of a meridian can be equal to 152 ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES.
... . Now , as the meridians are all great circles , and the parallels are all small circles of the globe , it is evident that , except at the equator , no given part of a meridian can be equal to 152 ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES.
Page 153
... equator . But as in Mercator's projection of the globe the meridians are parallel to each other , the distance of any two meridians will , in all latitudes , be the same , and equal also to the difference of longitude of those meridians ...
... equator . But as in Mercator's projection of the globe the meridians are parallel to each other , the distance of any two meridians will , in all latitudes , be the same , and equal also to the difference of longitude of those meridians ...
Page 154
... equator would not have differed much more than half a minute from that by the calculation having 1 ' for its base . There are other methods by which the computation of the length of the projected meridian may be more expeditiously made ...
... equator would not have differed much more than half a minute from that by the calculation having 1 ' for its base . There are other methods by which the computation of the length of the projected meridian may be more expeditiously made ...
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angled spherical triangle Answer apparent altitude Atlantic Ocean bisected Cape celestial object centre chronometer circle column compass computed correction Cosec Cosine Cotang course and distance declination diff lat diff long Difference of Latitude difference of longitude Dist equal equator EXAMPLES FOR EXERCISE Given A B greater Greenwich Hence horizontal parallax Indian Archipelago Indian Ocean Island Latitude and Departure latitude and longitude logarithm longitude Lunar Distance meridian distance miles moon moon's Nautical Almanac noon observed opposite Pacific Ocean parallax parallel parallel sailing parallelogram perpendicular plane sailing polar distance pole quadrant radius rectangle rhumb line right angled spherical right ascension Secant semidiameter sides squares of A C subtract Suvers Suversed Sines Table Tang tangent Theo THEOREM triangle A B C true altitude true distance Vers
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Page 18 - LET it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point.
Page 17 - When equals are taken from unequals, the remainders are unequal. 6. Things which are double of the same thing, or equal things, are equal to each other.
Page 86 - III.), is a circle. If the plane pass through the centre, then, as every point in the surface of the sphere is equidistant from its centre, the section is a plane figure, every point of whose periphery is equidistant from a certain point within it, and the figure is therefore a circle. But if the plane do not pass through...
Page 26 - Therefore all the interior angles of the figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 114 - TO THEIR DIFFERENCE ; So IS THE TANGENT OF HALF THE SUM OF THE OPPOSITE ANGLES', To THE TANGENT OF HALF THEIR DIFFERENCE.
Page 63 - If from a point without a circle two straight lines be drawn, one of which...
Page 147 - Mathematical o>jgraphy.) the arc of the equator, intercepted between the first meridian...
Page 64 - If from any point without a circle straight lines be drawn touching it, the angle contained by the tangents is double the angle contained by the straight line joining the points of contact and the diameter drawn through one of them.
Page 139 - Given the vertical angle, the difference of the two sides containing it, and the difference of the segments of the base made by a perpendicular from the vertex ; construct the triangle.
Page 86 - ... half a right angle, as the tangent of half the sum of the angles, at the base of the triangle to the tangent of half their difference.