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Page 102
... station 258 feet from the first place , their distance subtended an angle of 63 ° 28 ' . Required the distance of the station from the other . Ans . 625-469 feet . • When the angle is greater than 90 ° , take the sine , tangent , & c ...
... station 258 feet from the first place , their distance subtended an angle of 63 ° 28 ' . Required the distance of the station from the other . Ans . 625-469 feet . • When the angle is greater than 90 ° , take the sine , tangent , & c ...
Page 181
... station from its top . Ans . 1417-01 feet . PROB . IX . From the top of a known height AB , to find the distance of an object C , on the plane below . Take the angle of depression CAD ; then , in the triangle ABC , right - angled at B ...
... station from its top . Ans . 1417-01 feet . PROB . IX . From the top of a known height AB , to find the distance of an object C , on the plane below . Take the angle of depression CAD ; then , in the triangle ABC , right - angled at B ...
Page 182
... stations C and D , in a vertical plane , and measure CD , and at C take the elevation of D above C , viz . GCD 31 ° 26 ′ , and the elevations or depressions of the top and bottom of the height , viz . ACF 53 ° 26 ' , and BCF 18 ° 32 ...
... stations C and D , in a vertical plane , and measure CD , and at C take the elevation of D above C , viz . GCD 31 ° 26 ′ , and the elevations or depressions of the top and bottom of the height , viz . ACF 53 ° 26 ' , and BCF 18 ° 32 ...
Page 183
... station was 38 ° 25 ' . Another station was taken 450 feet from the first , but neither on a level with it nor in the direction of the hill . the first station , the line from the other station to the top of the hill subtended an angle ...
... station was 38 ° 25 ' . Another station was taken 450 feet from the first , but neither on a level with it nor in the direction of the hill . the first station , the line from the other station to the top of the hill subtended an angle ...
Page 184
... station to be 55 ° 40 ′ , and measured from the station to the trees 588 and 672 yards . Required their dis- Ans . 592-967 yards . tance . PROB . XIII . To find the distance between two places A and B , both of them inaccessible . Take ...
... station to be 55 ° 40 ′ , and measured from the station to the trees 588 and 672 yards . Required their dis- Ans . 592-967 yards . tance . PROB . XIII . To find the distance between two places A and B , both of them inaccessible . Take ...
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Page 30 - In each succeeding term the coefficient is found by multiplying the coefficient of the preceding term by the exponent of a in that term, and dividing by the number of the preceding term.
Page 19 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient. Multiply the whole divisor by the first term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend.
Page 58 - The sum of any number of terms in arithmetical progression is equal to the sum of the extremes multiplied by half the number of terms.
Page 335 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 336 - If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent.
Page 19 - Powers of the same quantity are divided by subtracting the exponent of the divisor from that of the dividend ; the remainder is the exponent of the quotient.
Page 58 - In any series of numbers in arithmetical progression, the sum of the two extremes is equal to the sum of any two terms equally distant from them; as in the latter of the above series 6 + 1=4+3, and =5+2.
Page 13 - C, indicates that the sum of A and B is to be multiplied by C ; and (A + B) -=- C, indicates that the sum of A and B is to be divided by C.
Page 130 - So IS THE AREA OF THE CIRCLE, TO THE AREA OF THE SECTOR.
Page 141 - ... containing ten pounds avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62...