 | Richard Cockrel - 1792 - 142 pages
...Hypoth. 128. " J 4. Wanting to know the Breadth of a River, Imeafured 150 Yards in a frraight Line clofe by one Side of it, ' and at each End of this Line I found the Angles fiibtended by the other End, and a Tree clofe by the other Side of the River, to be 63° and 7 $°tl... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1807 - 464 pages
...612-38 EXAM. xx. Wanting to know the breadth of a river, I measured a base of 509 yards in a straight line close by one side of it; and at each end of this...angles subtended by the other end and a tree, close to the bank on the other side of the river, to be 53° and T9° 12'. What then was the perpendicular... | |
 | Samuel Webber - Mathematics - 1808 - 520 pages
...produced until the angle a be equal to the Angle A j the distances Be, ac, will be equal t»BC, AC. 112 2. Wanting to know the breadth of a river, I measured...the Other end and a tree close by the other side of th6 river, to be 53° and 79° 12'. What is the perpendicular breadth f Sum 132 12 From 1 80 OO AT... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 494 pages
...•\612-38 EXAM. xx. Wanting to know the breadth of a river, I measured a base of 500 yards in a straight line close by one side of it ; and at each end of...angles subtended by the other end and a tree, close to the bank on the other side of the river, to be 53° and 79° 12'. What then was the perpendicular... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Trigonometry - 1818 - 488 pages
...Wanting to know the breadth of a river, I measured a distance of 120 yards in a straight line by the side of it, and at each end of this line, I found...subtended by the other end and a tree, close by the opposite side of the river, to be 51° 45' and 78 5O : what is its perpendicular breadth ? ] 30° 35'... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Arithmetic - 1818 - 646 pages
...$612-38 EXAM. xx. Wanting to know the breadth of a river, l measured a base of 500 yards in a straight line close by one side of it ; and at each end of this line l found the angles subtended by the other end and a tree close to the bank on the other side of the... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1821 - 594 pages
...612.38 Ex. 6. Wanting to know the breadth of a river, l measured a base of 500 yards in a straight line close by one side of it, and at each end of this...angles subtended by the other end and a tree, close to the bank on the other side of the river, to be 53° and 73° 15.. What then was the perpendicular... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...Ans. EXAM. xx. Wanting to know the breadth of a river, I measured a base of 500 yards in a straight line close by one side of it ; and at each end of this line I found the angles sabtended by the other end and a tree close to the bank on the other side of the river, to be 63«... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1831 - 632 pages
...to know the breadth of n river, I measured a base of 500 yards in a straight line close by one aide of it ; and at each end of this line I found the angles «ubtended by the other end and a tree, close to the bank on the other side of the river, to he 53°... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1832 - 290 pages
...612.38 Ex. 6. Wanting to know the breadth of a river, I measured a base of 500 yards in a straight line close by one side of it, and at each end of this...angles subtended by the other end and a tree close to the bank on the other side of the river to be 533 and 73° 15'. What then was the perpendicular... | |
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Wanting to know the breadth of a river, I measured a base of 500 yards in a straight line close by one side of it ; and at each end of this line I .found the angles subtended by the other end and a tree, close to the bank on the other side of the river,... 
