The Essentials of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry

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Leach, Shewell, and Sanborn, 1887 - Trigonometry - 151 pages
 

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Page 107 - If the function is a sine, since the sine of an angle is equal to the sine of its supplement...
Page 104 - I. The sine of the middle part is equal to the product of the tangents of the adjacent parts.
Page 77 - In any triangle the square of any side is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides minus twice the product of these two sides and the cosine of their included angle.
Page 76 - In every plane triangle, the sum of two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite those sides is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 96 - If two sides of a spherical triangle are unequal, the angles opposite them are unequal, and the greater angle lies opposite the greater side ; and conversely.
Page 57 - ... the logarithm of a fraction is equal to the logarithm of the numerator minus the logarithm of the denominator.
Page 56 - The logarithm of a product is equal to the sum of the logarithms of its factors.
Page 50 - In the formula sin (x + y) = sin x cos y + cos x sin y...
Page 115 - Spherical Triangle the cosine of any side is equal to the product of the cosines of the other two sides, plus the product of the sines of those sides into the cosine of their included angle ; that is, (1) cos a = cos b...
Page 96 - The sum of the angles of a spherical triangle is greater than two and less than six right angles ; that is, greater than 180° and less than 540°. (gr). If A'B'C' is the polar triangle of ABC...

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