An elementary course of practical mathematics, Part 3

Front Cover
 

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 282 - TO THEIR DIFFERENCE ; So IS THE TANGENT OF HALF THE SUM OF THE OPPOSITE ANGLES', To THE TANGENT OF HALF THEIR DIFFERENCE.
Page 274 - RULE. — Subtract the square of the base from the square of the hypothenuse, and extract the square root of the remainder.
Page 377 - Key to above 60 3. Complete Practical Treatise on the Nature and Use of Logarithms, and on Plane Trigonometry, with Logarithmic and Trigonometrical Tables, . 5 0 4.
Page 245 - To find, then, by logarithms, the fourth term in a proportion, ADD THE LOGARITHMS OF THE SECOND AND THIRD TERMS, AND from the sum SUBTRACT THE LOGARITHM OF THE FIRST TERM.
Page 279 - From D as a center with a radius equal to a, draw an arc intersecting El in F and F'.
Page 292 - ... the angle of reflection is always equal to the angle of incidence, the image for any point can be seen only in the reflected ray prolonged.
Page 279 - Let abc (fig. 1 14) be a spherical triangle, whose sphere has its centre in o, and unity for radius. If now from c, on the plane aob, we let fall the perpendicular cd; from d on ae, bo, the perpendiculars de, df, and draw ce, cf; it would be easy to show that the triangles ceo, cfo are right angles...
Page 278 - To find a side, work the following proportion: — as the sine of the angle opposite the given side is to the sine of the angle opposite the required side, so is the given side to the required side.
Page 243 - BY LOGARITHMS. RULE. FROM the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor, and the number answering to the remainder will be the quotient required.
Page 284 - That is, as the base, is to the sum of the two sides; so is the difference of the sides, to the sum of the segments of the base.

Bibliographic information