A Treatise of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry: In Theory and Practice ; Adapted to the Use of Students ; Extracted Mostly from Similar Works of Ludlam, Playfair, Vince, and Bonnycastle |
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... tangent of 45 degrees is radius . For then the angle ACT being half a right angle , the other acute angle ATC must also be half a right angle ; therefore AC = AT ( 6. 1 ) . 29. The secant of 0 ( or at the beginning of the circle ) is ...
... tangent of 45 degrees is radius . For then the angle ACT being half a right angle , the other acute angle ATC must also be half a right angle ; therefore AC = AT ( 6. 1 ) . 29. The secant of 0 ( or at the beginning of the circle ) is ...
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... tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference . Let ABC be the proposed triangle , whose sides are AC , BC , and base AB . About the centre C , with the radius CB , the less of the two ...
... tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference . Let ABC be the proposed triangle , whose sides are AC , BC , and base AB . About the centre C , with the radius CB , the less of the two ...
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... tangent of the angle EBF , the semi - difference of the angles at the base . The triangles AFE , AHB , having the ... half the sum of the angles at the base : tan . of half their difference . 62. Scholium . If two sides AC , BC of ...
... tangent of the angle EBF , the semi - difference of the angles at the base . The triangles AFE , AHB , having the ... half the sum of the angles at the base : tan . of half their difference . 62. Scholium . If two sides AC , BC of ...
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... tangent of half the sum of the two unknown angles we may take the cotangent of half the given angle , or the tangent of half its supplement ; for these three tangents are equal to one another . Thus , the sum of the angles B and C is ...
... tangent of half the sum of the two unknown angles we may take the cotangent of half the given angle , or the tangent of half its supplement ; for these three tangents are equal to one another . Thus , the sum of the angles B and C is ...
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... half as far from it ? 6. What is the altitude of the sun when a man's shadow is half his height ? and what is the altitude of the sun when a man's shadow is double his height ? 1 : 2 :: R : tan . sun's altitude . Answer . 63 ° 26 ' . 2 ...
... half as far from it ? 6. What is the altitude of the sun when a man's shadow is half his height ? and what is the altitude of the sun when a man's shadow is double his height ? 1 : 2 :: R : tan . sun's altitude . Answer . 63 ° 26 ' . 2 ...
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Page 12 - In every plane triangle, the sum of two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite those sides is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page ix - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Page 23 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 13 - In any triangle, twice the rectangle contained by any two sides is to the difference between the sum of the squares of those sides, and the square of the base, as the radius to the cosine of the angle included by the two sides. Let ABC be any triangle, 2AB.BC is to the difference between AB2+BC2 and AC2 as radius to cos.
Page 87 - 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 74 - The sum of any two sides is greater than the third side, and their difference is less than the third side.