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... till you reach the number expressing the minutes ; then pass along the horizontal line into the columns designated tang . , cotang . , sine , cosine , as the case may be ; the number so pointed out is the logarithm required .
... till you reach the number expressing the minutes ; then pass along the horizontal line into the columns designated tang . , cotang . , sine , cosine , as the case may be ; the number so pointed out is the logarithm required .
Page 229
It will be seen , that the column designated sine at the top of the page , is designated cosine at the bottom ; the one designated tang . , by cotang . , and the one designated cotang . , by tang . The angle found by taking the degrees ...
It will be seen , that the column designated sine at the top of the page , is designated cosine at the bottom ; the one designated tang . , by cotang . , and the one designated cotang . , by tang . The angle found by taking the degrees ...
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Therefore , having two arcs , a and b , log . tang blog . cotang blog . tang a + log . cotang a ; or , log . tang b - log . tang a = log . cotang b - log . cotang a . Now , if it were required to find the logarithmic sine of an arc ...
Therefore , having two arcs , a and b , log . tang blog . cotang blog . tang a + log . cotang a ; or , log . tang b - log . tang a = log . cotang b - log . cotang a . Now , if it were required to find the logarithmic sine of an arc ...
Page 231
To find the arc corresponding to cotang . 10.008688 . Cotang 44 ° 26 ' , next less in the table 10.008591 Tab . Diff . 421 ) 9700 ( 23 "Hence , 44 ° 26 ' - 23 ′′ = 44 ° 25 ′ 37 ′′ is the arc corresponding to the given cotangent ...
To find the arc corresponding to cotang . 10.008688 . Cotang 44 ° 26 ' , next less in the table 10.008591 Tab . Diff . 421 ) 9700 ( 23 "Hence , 44 ° 26 ' - 23 ′′ = 44 ° 25 ′ 37 ′′ is the arc corresponding to the given cotangent ...
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... the left - hand column of each page , increasing downwards , belong to the degrees at the top ; and those increasing upwards , in the right - hand column , belong to the degrees below . C Cosine | D. 10.000000 ] Tang . D. Cotang ,
... the left - hand column of each page , increasing downwards , belong to the degrees at the top ; and those increasing upwards , in the right - hand column , belong to the degrees below . C Cosine | D. 10.000000 ] Tang . D. Cotang ,
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| Title | Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry |
| Author | Adrien Marie Legendre |
| Editor | Charles Davies |
| Translated by | David Brewster |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | A.S. Barnes and Company, 1834 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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