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" Two ships of war, intending to cannonade a fort, are, by the shallowness of the water, kept so far from it, that they suspect their guns cannot reach it with effect. In order, therefore, to measure the distance, they separate from each other a quarter... "
A Course of Mathematics for the Use of Academies: As Well as Private Tuition - Page 400
by Charles Hutton - 1825
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Mathematics: Compiled from the Best Authors and Intended to be the ..., Volume 2

Mathematics - 1801 - 658 pages
...53 AT TP 105-6 9-8697037 9'99'2238£ 2'OOOOQOO 2-1225348 10'OCOOOOO 9-9023486 2-1225348 2-0248834 3. Two ships of war, intending to cannonade a fort, are,...from it, that they suspect their guns cannot reach it ; in order therefore to measure the distance, they separate from each other naif a mile, or 880 yards...
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A Course of Mathematics ...: Composed for the Use of the Royal Military ...

Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 442 pages
...from the top of the mountain, supposing the form of the earth to be perfectly globular? EXAM. xvni. Two ships of war, intending to cannonade a fort, are,...fort subtends, which angles are 83° 45' and 85° 1 5'. What then is the distance between each ship and the fort ? A f 2292-26 yards. AnS'l 2298-05 *...
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A Course of Mathematics: In Three Volumes : Composed for the Use of the ...

Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 494 pages
...be perfectly globular? . fdist. 140-876 \ .. Ans. •< ,. nr.,,cf miles. Idiam. 7936 J EXAM. xvni. Two ships of war, intending to cannonade a fort, are,...each ship observes and measures the angle which the otheğ ship and the fort subtends, which angles are 83° 45' and 85° 1 5'. What then, is the distance...
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The Theory and Practice of Surveying: Containing All the Instructions ...

Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1821 - 594 pages
...53° and 73° 15.. What then was the perpendicular breadth of the river ? Ans. 529.48 yards. Ex. 7. Two ships of war, intending to cannonade a fort, are,...measures the angle which the other ship and the fort subtend, which angles are 83° 45' and 85° 15'. What then is the distance between each ship and the...
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A Course of Mathematics: For the Use of Academies, as Well as Private ...

Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...fort, are bv the shallownes* of the water, kept *o far from it. that they saaiiect their guns cannon reach it with effect. In order therefore to measure...the fort subtends, which angles are 83" 45' and 85° 15'. What then is the distance between each ship and the fort ? , ( 2S82-2G yards. •" "'• J 2298-05...
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The Theory and Practice of Surveying: Containing All the Instructions ...

Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1832 - 290 pages
...533 and 73° 15'. What then was the perpendicular breadth of the river ? Ans. 529.48 yards. Ex. 7. Two ships of war, intending to cannonade a fort, are,...measures the angle which the other ship and the fort subtend, which angles are 83° 45' and 85° 15'. What then is the distance between each ship and the...
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The Theory and Practice of Surveying: Containing All the Instructions ...

Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1833 - 436 pages
...perpendicular breadth of j|fe river? .^^^t^Ans. _BSyKJJyiyds. Ex. 7. Two ships of war, intending to cannonaae i fort, are, by the shallowness of the water, kept so...measures the angle which the other ship and the fort subtend, •which angles are 83° 45' and 85° 15'. What then is the distance between each ship and...
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The Theory and Practice of Surveying: Containing All the Instructions ...

Robert Gibson, James Ryan - Surveying - 1839 - 452 pages
...53° and 73° 15'. What then was the perpendicular breadth of the river? Ans. 529.48 yards. Ex. 7. Two ships of war, intending to cannonade a fort, are,...separate from each other a quarter of a mile, or 440 y:irds ; then each ship observes and measures the angle whicli the other ship and the fort subtend,...
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Elements of Geometry, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry and Conic Sections

Horatio Nelson Robinson - Conic sections - 1854 - 350 pages
...bight, and my distance from' it at the first station. . < H'ght 307.53. Ans' \ Distance 192.15. 16. Two ships of war, intending to cannonade a fort, are, by the shal.owness of the water, kept so far from it, that they suspect their guns cannot reach it with effect....
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A Compendious Course of Mathematics, theoretical and practical

John Radford YOUNG - 1855 - 218 pages
...that they suspect the guns cannot reach it. In order, therefore, to discover its distance, the ships separate from each other a quarter of a mile, or 440 yards ; from each ship ia then measured the angle which a line joining the other ship with the fort subtends....
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