An Elementary Treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry: With Their Applications to Navigation, Surveying, Heights and Distances, and Spherical Astronomy, and Particularly Adapted to Explaining the Construction of Bowditch's Navigator and the Nautical Almanac |
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... method of § 39 is , however , more accurate than that of middle latitude sailing , when the places are in opposite latitudes , and is obviously founded on the same principle . ERRATA . AP AP PAGE 47 LINE 5 FOR READ vi CONTENTS .
... method of § 39 is , however , more accurate than that of middle latitude sailing , when the places are in opposite latitudes , and is obviously founded on the same principle . ERRATA . AP AP PAGE 47 LINE 5 FOR READ vi CONTENTS .
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... method has been taken to compare triangles with each other , and the solution of all triangles has been reduced to that of a Limited Series of Right Triangles . a . It is easily seen that the solution of all triangles is reducible to ...
... method has been taken to compare triangles with each other , and the solution of all triangles has been reduced to that of a Limited Series of Right Triangles . a . It is easily seen that the solution of all triangles is reducible to ...
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... methods of calcu- lating the series , or table , above described , and of applying it to the solution of all kinds of plane triangles , together with such investigations as naturally grow out of the general theory of the science ...
... methods of calcu- lating the series , or table , above described , and of applying it to the solution of all kinds of plane triangles , together with such investigations as naturally grow out of the general theory of the science ...
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... method are accurate in the first five places of decimals . Consequently , in calculating the sines of angles to five places of decimals , this method may be applied to angles less than two degrees ; the investigation of the sines of ...
... method are accurate in the first five places of decimals . Consequently , in calculating the sines of angles to five places of decimals , this method may be applied to angles less than two degrees ; the investigation of the sines of ...
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... methods more convenient in prac- tice than that explained in this chapter . Table XXIV of the Navigator is a table of ... method of using these two tables is fully explained in pp . 33-35 ( given at the end of the Useful Tables ) and pp ...
... methods more convenient in prac- tice than that explained in this chapter . Table XXIV of the Navigator is a table of ... method of using these two tables is fully explained in pp . 33-35 ( given at the end of the Useful Tables ) and pp ...
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A₁ aberration acute adjacent Aldebaran ascension and declination azimuth celestial equator celestial sphere circle computed Corollary corr correct central altitude correction of Table corresponding cosec cosine cotan denote departure diff difference of latitude difference of longitude dist earth ecliptic equal to 90 formulas gives Greenwich Hence horizon horizontal parallax hour angle hypothenuse included angle interval mean meridian altitude method middle latitude miles moon moon's motion Napier's Rules Nautical Almanac Navigator obliquity observer at Boston obtuse opposite parallax perpendicular plane pole position prime vertical Problem Prop R₁ radius rhumb right ascension sailing Scholium secant second member semidiameter sideral sideral day solar Solution solve the triangle spherical right triangle spherical triangle star star's sun's tang tangent Theorem transit Trig true latitude vernal equinox vertical whence zenith
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Page 44 - In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 125 - II. The sine of the middle part is equal to the product of the cosines of the opposite parts.
Page 109 - PROBLEM III. To find the height of an INACCESSIBLE OBJECT above a HORIZONTAL PLANE. 11. TAKE TWO STATIONS IN A VERTICAL PLANE PASSING THROUGH THE TOP OF THE OBJECT, MEASURE THE DISTANCE FROM ONE STATION TO THE OTHER, AND THE ANGLE OF ELEVATION AT EACH. If the base AB (Fig.
Page 41 - 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 - Solar Day is the interval of time between two successive transits of the sun over the same meridian ; and the hour angle of the sun is called Solar Time. This is the most natural and direct measure of time. But the intervals between the successive returns of the sun to the meridian are not exactly equal, but depend upon the variable> motion of the sun in right ascension. - The want of uniformity in the sun's motion in right ascension arises from two different causes ; one, that the sun does not move...
Page 117 - A spherical triangle is a portion of the surface of a sphere, bounded by three arcs of great circles.
Page 125 - NAPIER'S CIRCULAR PARTS. Thus, in the spherical triangle A. BC, right-angled at C, the circular parts are p, b, and the complements of h, A, and B. 167. When any one of the five parts is taken for the middle part, the two adjacent to it, one on either side, are called the adjacent parts, and the other two parts are called the opposite parts. Then, whatever be the middle part, we have as THE EULES OF NAPIER.
Page 163 - The cosine of half the sum of two sides of a spherical triangle is to the cosine of half their difference as the cotangent of half the included angle is to the tangent of half the sum of the other two angles. The sine of half the sum of two sides of a spherical...
Page 99 - Now the sum of the areas of the triangles is the area of the polygon, and the sum of the angles of the triangles is the sum of the angles of the polygon.
Page 299 - Twilight begins and ends when the sun is about 18° below the horizon.