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... hypothenuse and a leg are known ( 566 ) , ( 567 ) , ( 569 ) , when a leg and the opposite angle are known ( 572 ) , ( 574 ) , ( 575 ) , · when a leg and the adjacent angle are known ( 585 ) , ( 586 ) , ( 588 ) , when the two legs are ...
... hypothenuse and a leg are known ( 566 ) , ( 567 ) , ( 569 ) , when a leg and the opposite angle are known ( 572 ) , ( 574 ) , ( 575 ) , · when a leg and the adjacent angle are known ( 585 ) , ( 586 ) , ( 588 ) , when the two legs are ...
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... hypothenuse AB , h ; and call the legs BC and AC , opposite the angles A and B , 04 respectively a and b . Let O be the centre of the sphere . Join OA , OB , OC . A B B 2 a The angle A is , by art . 2 , equal to the angle of the planes ...
... hypothenuse AB , h ; and call the legs BC and AC , opposite the angles A and B , 04 respectively a and b . Let O be the centre of the sphere . Join OA , OB , OC . A B B 2 a The angle A is , by art . 2 , equal to the angle of the planes ...
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... hypothenuse h , the angle A , and the adjacent side b , there must be a precisely similar equation between the hypothenuse h , the angle B , and the adjacent side a ; which is cos . B = tang . a cotan . h . Fourthly . From triangles B ...
... hypothenuse h , the angle A , and the adjacent side b , there must be a precisely similar equation between the hypothenuse h , the angle B , and the adjacent side a ; which is cos . B = tang . a cotan . h . Fourthly . From triangles B ...
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... hypothenuse and the angles are used instead of the hypothenuse and the angles themselves , and the right angle is neglected . Of the five parts , then , the legs , the complement of the hypothenuse and the complements of the angles ...
... hypothenuse and the angles are used instead of the hypothenuse and the angles themselves , and the right angle is neglected . Of the five parts , then , the legs , the complement of the hypothenuse and the complements of the angles ...
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... hypothenuse differs ( 505 ) less from 90 ° than does either of the legs , the case of either side equal to 90 ° being excepted . Demonstration . The factors cos . a and cos . b of the second member of the above equation are , by ( 5 ) ...
... hypothenuse differs ( 505 ) less from 90 ° than does either of the legs , the case of either side equal to 90 ° being excepted . Demonstration . The factors cos . a and cos . b of the second member of the above equation are , by ( 5 ) ...
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୦୯ A'BC AC the perpendicular adjacent angles angle are known angles are given angles respectively equal AP and PC ar.co B'OC Corollary cosec cotan Demonstration differs from 90 equal to 90 fall on AC given angle given sides given value greater than 90 h tang half the sum Hence hypothenuse included angle legs are known Lemma less than 90 Let ABC fig let fall logarithm lunary surface means of 496 middle Napier's Rules negative obtuse opposite angle opposite side perpendicular BP perpendicular to OA planes BOC Problem quotient right angle right triangle fig right triangle PBC Scholium second member Secondly side BC sides and angles sides equal Solution of Spherical solve a spherical solve the triangle Spherical Oblique Triangles spherical right triangle spherical triangle ABC SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY substituted surface ABC tang.C tangent of half Thirdly trian triangle ABC figs
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Page 1 - A spherical triangle is a portion of the surface of a sphere, bounded by three arcs of great circles.
Page 69 - The areas of two triangles which have an angle of the one equal to an angle of the other are to each other as the products of the sides including the equal angles. D c A' D' Hyp. In triangles ABC and A'B'C', ZA = ZA'. To prove AABC = ABxAC. A A'B'C' A'B'xA'C' Proof. Draw the altitudes BD and B'D'.
Page 69 - THEOREM. The surface of a spherical triangle is measured by the excess of the sum of its three angles above two right angles, multiplied by the tri-rectangular triangle.
Page 8 - I. The sine of the middle part is equal to the product of the tangents of the adjacent parts.
Page 8 - II. The sine of the middle part is equal to the product of the cosines of the opposite parts.
Page 30 - Any angle is greater than the difference between 180° and the sum of the other two angles.
Page 63 - 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 62 - The sine of half the sum of two sides of a spherical triangle is to the sine of half their difference as the cotangent of half the included angle is to the tangent of half the difference of the other two angles.
Page 71 - ... and the sum of the angles in all the triangles is evidently the same as that of all the angles of the polygon ; hence, the surface of the polygon is equal to the sum of all its angles, diminished by twice as many right angles as it has sides less two, into the tri-rectangular triangle.