A Treatise on Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical: With Its Application to Navigation and Surveying, Nautical and Practical Astronomy and Geodesy : with Logarithmic, Trigonometrical, and Nautical Tables, for the Use of Schools and Colleges |
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added altitude apparent applied axis azimuth base becomes calculated called centre circle collimation column computed contain correction corresponding cosc cosine course declination described determined diff difference direction distance divided division earth employed equal equation error EXAMPLE expressed extremity feet figure formula give given greater half hence horizontal hour interval known latitude latter length less limb logarithm longitude means measured meridian method middle miles minutes moved multiplied necessary negative object observed obtained opposite parallel passing perpendicular plane pole position proportion quantities radius reading represent result right angled triangle rule sailed scale screw ship side siderial sine solution spherical triangle star station substituting subtracting supposed taken tangent telescope transit triangle trigonometrical turning vertical wire zenith
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Page 204 - ... 6. The latitude of a place is its distance north or south of the equator, measured on the meridian of the place.
Page 136 - The sine of half the sum of two angles of a spherical triangle is to the sine of half their difference as the tangent of half the interjacent side is to the tangent of half the difference of the other two sides.
Page 33 - The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number, in order to produce the first number.
Page 86 - When a ray of light passes from one medium to another, it is refracted so that the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction is equal to the ratio of the velocities in the two media.
Page 79 - 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 66 - FH is the sine of the arc GF, which is the supplement of AF, and OH is its cosine ; hence, the sine of an arc is equal to the. sine of its supplement ; and the cosine of an arc is equal to the cosine of its supplement* Furthermore...
Page 219 - Then, along the horizontal line, and under the given difference of latitude, is inserted the proper correction to be added to the middle latitude to obtain the latitude in which the meridian distance is accurately equal to the departure. Thus, if the middle latitude be 37°, and the difference of latitude 18°, the correction will be found on page 94, and is equal to 0° 40'. EXAMPLES. 1. A ship, in latitude 51° 18...
Page 213 - A2,lay off the distance BC = 23 miles; in the direction parallel to A3, lay off CD = 36 ; in the direction parallel to A4, lay off DE = 12 miles ; and, lastly, in the direction parallel to A5, lay off EF = 41 ; then F will be the place of the ship at the end of the traverse ; consequently, AF will be the distance made good, and the angle FAS the direct course ; applying, therefore, the distance AF to the scale of equal parts, we shall find it reach from 0 to 62| ; and applying the distance Sa to...
Page 284 - ZP. Now, in the triangle PSS', we have given two sides and the included angle to find the third side SS', and one of the remaining angles, say the angle PSS'.
Page 13 - SINE of an arc, or of the angle measured by that arc, is the perpendicular let fall from one extremity of the arc, upon the diameter passing through the other extremity. The COSINE is the distance from the centre to the foot of the sine.
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Treatise on Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical: With Its Application to Navigation and Surveying, Nautical and Practical Astronomy and Geodesy : with Logarithmic, Trigonometrical, and Nautical Tables, for the Use of Schools and Colleges |
| Author | Charles William Hackley |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam, 1851 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 30 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 372 pages |
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