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... Logarithms and Logarithmic Sines . DAVIES ' SURVEYING - With a description and plates of , the Theodolite , Compass , Plane - Table and Level , —also , Maps of the Topographical Signs adopted by the Engineer Department , and an ...
... Logarithms and Logarithmic Sines . DAVIES ' SURVEYING - With a description and plates of , the Theodolite , Compass , Plane - Table and Level , —also , Maps of the Topographical Signs adopted by the Engineer Department , and an ...
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... logarithms and logarithmic sines , and to apply the principles of geometry to the mensuration of sur- faces and solids . Military Academy , West Point , March , 1834 . CONTENTS . BOOK I. The principles , BOOK II . iv PREFACE .
... logarithms and logarithmic sines , and to apply the principles of geometry to the mensuration of sur- faces and solids . Military Academy , West Point , March , 1834 . CONTENTS . BOOK I. The principles , BOOK II . iv PREFACE .
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... Logarithms , - 224 Description of Table of Logarithmic Sines , 228 Principles for the Solution of Rectilineal Triangles , 231 Solution of Rectilineal Triangles by Logarithms , 235 Solution of Right angled Triangles , 237 Solution of ...
... Logarithms , - 224 Description of Table of Logarithmic Sines , 228 Principles for the Solution of Rectilineal Triangles , 231 Solution of Rectilineal Triangles by Logarithms , 235 Solution of Right angled Triangles , 237 Solution of ...
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... since MI - DI , we have MN = IL , and IN - DL . But we have IK - IN - MP - sin ( a - b ) , and CK + MN = CP = cos ( a — b ) ; hence • sin a cos b - sin b cos a sin 224 PLANE TRIGONOMETRY . Description of Table of Logarithms, -
... since MI - DI , we have MN = IL , and IN - DL . But we have IK - IN - MP - sin ( a - b ) , and CK + MN = CP = cos ( a — b ) ; hence • sin a cos b - sin b cos a sin 224 PLANE TRIGONOMETRY . Description of Table of Logarithms, -
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... terms homogeneous : that is , so that each shall contain the same number of literal factors . CONSTRUCTION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE TABLES . XXVII . If 228 PLANE TRIGONOMETRY . Description of Table of Logarithmic Sines,
... terms homogeneous : that is , so that each shall contain the same number of literal factors . CONSTRUCTION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE TABLES . XXVII . If 228 PLANE TRIGONOMETRY . Description of Table of Logarithmic Sines,
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Page 64 - To inscribe a circle in a given triangle. Let ABC be the given triangle. Bisect the angles A and B by the lines AO and BO, meeting at the point 0.