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It has also been thought best to publish with the present edition a table of logarithms and logarithmic sines . Military Academy , West Point , March , 1834 . t The principles , CONTENTS . Ratios and Proportions , BOOK iv PREFACE .
It has also been thought best to publish with the present edition a table of logarithms and logarithmic sines . Military Academy , West Point , March , 1834 . t The principles , CONTENTS . Ratios and Proportions , BOOK iv PREFACE .
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Construction and Description of the Tables , Description of Table of Logarithms , Description of Table of Logarithmic Sines , · Principles for the Solution of Rectilineal Triangles , Solution of Rectilineal Triangles by Logarithms ...
Construction and Description of the Tables , Description of Table of Logarithms , Description of Table of Logarithmic Sines , · Principles for the Solution of Rectilineal Triangles , Solution of Rectilineal Triangles by Logarithms ...
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To avoid so tedious a method of calculation , we use the logarithms of the sines , cosines , & c .; so that the tables in common use show the values of the ... This radius is 10,000,000,000 , and consequently its logarithm is 10 . XXX .
To avoid so tedious a method of calculation , we use the logarithms of the sines , cosines , & c .; so that the tables in common use show the values of the ... This radius is 10,000,000,000 , and consequently its logarithm is 10 . XXX .
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If the logarithms of all the numbers between 1 and any given number , be calculated and arranged in a tabular form ... The characteristic of the logarithm , or the part which stand to the left of the decimal point , is always known ...
If the logarithms of all the numbers between 1 and any given number , be calculated and arranged in a tabular form ... The characteristic of the logarithm , or the part which stand to the left of the decimal point , is always known ...
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Look on the first page of the table of logarithms , along the columns of numbers under N , until the number is found ; the number directly opposite it , in the column designated Log . , is the logarithm sought . CASE II .
Look on the first page of the table of logarithms , along the columns of numbers under N , until the number is found ; the number directly opposite it , in the column designated Log . , is the logarithm sought . CASE II .
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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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