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" It is another characteristic feature of modern spherical astronomy, that the final formulas furnished to the practical computer are so presented as seldom to require accompanying verbal precepts to distinguish the species of the unknown angles and arcs;... "
A Manual of Spherical and Astronomy: Embracing the General Problems of ... - Page 3
by William Chauvenet - 1864
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A Manual of Spherical and Pratical Astronomy: Embracing the ..., Volume 1

William Chauvenet - 1864 - 720 pages
...error. It is another characteristic feature of modern spherical astronomy, that the final formulae furnished to the practical computer are so presented...results, in a great measure, from the consideration of Hie general spherical triangle, or that in which the six parts of the triangle are not subjected to...
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Spherical astronomy

William Chauvenet - Astronomical instruments - 1874 - 724 pages
...of these series being neglected as can be shown to be insensible in the cases to which the formula? are to be applied. A.nd it is an essential condition...less than 180°, but may have any values less than 300°, all ambiguity as to their species being removed by determining them, when necessary, by two...
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First book on analytic anatomy, physiology and hygiene, human and comparative

Calvin Cutter - 1874 - 226 pages
...unrivaled Bessel. It is another characteristic feature of modern spherical astronomy that the final formula furnished to the practical computer are so presented as seldom to require accompanying precepts to distinguish the spheres of the unknown arcs and angles. Chauvenefs Geometry. A Treatise...
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Circular of Information of the Bureau of Education, for ..., Issues 1-3

United States. Office of Education - Digital images - 1890 - 958 pages
...Astronomy are the first American works to introduce the consideration of the general spherical triangle, in which the six parts of the triangle are not subjected...than 180°, but may have any values less than 360°. This feature is mainly due to Gauss. The methods of investigation followed in these two books are chiefly...
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The Teaching and History of Mathematics in the United States

Florian Cajori - Mathematics - 1890 - 412 pages
...Astronomy are the first American works to introduce the consideration of the general spherical triangle, in which the six parts of the triangle are not subjected...than 180°, but may have any values less than 360°. This feature is mainly due to Gauss. The methods of investigation followed in these two books are chiefly...
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The Teaching and History of Mathematics in the United States, Volumes 890-893

Florian Cajori - Mathematics - 1890 - 414 pages
...Astronomy are the first American works to introduce the consideration of the general spherical triangle, in which the six parts of the triangle are not subjected...less than 180°, but may have any values less than 36(P. This feature is mainly due to Gauss. The methods of investigation followed in these two books...
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Spherical astronomy

William Chauvenet - Astronomical instruments - 1891 - 714 pages
...error. It is another characteristic feature of modern spherical astronomy, that the final formulae furnished to the practical computer are so presented...six parts of the triangle are not subjected to the 3 condition that they shall each be less than 180°, but may have any values less than 360°, all ambiguity...
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Circular of Information of the Bureau of Education, for ..., Volume 8, Part 2

Education - 1888 - 1078 pages
...Astronomy are the first American works to introduce the consideration of the general spherical triangle, in which the six parts of the triangle are not subjected...than 180°, but may have any values less than 360°. This feature is mainly due to Gauss. The methods of investigation fallowed in these two books are chiefly...
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The American Mathematical Monthly: Devoted to the Interests of ..., Volumes 1-2

Benjamin Franklin Finkel - Mathematicians - 1894 - 908 pages
...Trigonometry and Astronomy are the first American: works to introduce the consideration of ///<• general spherical triangle, or that in which the six...than 180°, but may have any values less than 360°. Also, all ambiguity as to the species of the six parts of the triangle is removed by determining the...
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