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" That is, the sines of the sides of a spherical triangle are proportional to the sines of the opposite angles. "
A Treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry - Page 142
by Robert Woodhouse - 1819 - 264 pages
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Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry

Olinthus Gregory - Plane trigonometry - 1816 - 278 pages
...therefore, f sin a sin 4 sin A sin 11 sine , . sin a sin b sin c ' ' ' ' * "' Hence, the sines of the angles of a spherical triangle are proportional to the sines of the opposite sides. 21 . Draw CE and DF, respectively perpendicular and parallel to OB; then will the angle DCF...
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The Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry: And Its Application to ...

Richard Abbatt - Spherical astronomy - 1841 - 234 pages
...triangles, from any three known parts to determine the rest. SECTION VI. SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY. (85.) The sines of the sides of a spherical triangle are proportional to the sines of the opposite angles. Let ABC (fig. 22.) be a spherical triangle, 0 the centre of the sphere ; join A 0, BO, CO; also draw...
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Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry ...

James Thomson - Geometry, Analytic - 1844 - 146 pages
...••••••'••••••••• \ ) Hence, sin a : sin A : : sin 6 : sin B : : sin c : sin C ; that is, the sines of the sides of a spherical triangle are proportional to the sines of the opposite angles. Hence, also, by multiplying extremes and means, we get sin A sin 6 = sin B sin a sin A sin c = sin...
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Lunar and Time Tables ...

James Gordon (Teacher of Navigation.) - 1849 - 260 pages
...are deduced. Rule 3, page 42, is evidently deduced from the theorem in Spherical Trigonometry, that the Sines of the sides of a spherical triangle are proportional to the Sines of the opposite angles. From the explanation given at page 42, it appears that the limb of the Sun or Moon assumes an elliptical...
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Lunar and time tables, adapted to new methods for finding the longitude by ...

James Gordon (teacher of navigation.) - 1849 - 218 pages
...are deduced. Rule 3, page 42, is evidently deduced from the theorem in Spherical Trigonometry, that the Sines of the sides of a spherical triangle are proportional to the Sines of the opposite angles. From the explanation given at page 42, it appears that the limb of the Sun or Moon assumes an ellipticnl...
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Orr's Circle of the Sciences: Organic nature, vols. 1-3 (1854-1856)

William Somerville Orr - Science - 1854 - 534 pages
...the following treatise. MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES— No. XIII. (1.) To show that the Sines of the Angles of a Spherical Triangle are proportional to the Sines of the opposite sides. Let ABC be the triangle, 0 the centre of the sphere, join OA, OB, 00 ; through A draw a plane...
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A Treatise on Trigonometry

George Biddell Airy - Trigonometry - 1855 - 121 pages
...complemental triangle is also a right-angled triangle. Fig. 18. SECTION VI. SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY. (102.) THE sines of the sides of a spherical triangle are proportional to the sines of the opposite angles. Let ABC, (fig. 19), be any spherical triangle : from С draw С D perpendicular on the plane A 0 B,...
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Dublin examination papers

Dublin city, univ - 1858 - 264 pages
...the intersection of tangents to a conic section which cut one another at right angles. 3. Prove that the sines of the sides of a spherical triangle are proportional to the sines of the opposite angles. 3. Find the roots of the equation— x T — X* + x 3 - 1=0. 4. Find the locus of a point from which...
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Spherical Trigonometry ...

Isaac Todhunter - Spherical trigonometry - 1859 - 156 pages
...give an independent proof of this proposition in the following article. 42. The sines of the angles of a spherical triangle are proportional to the sines of the opposite sides. Let ABC be a spherical triangle, O the centre of the sphere. Take any point P in OA, draw PD...
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Report on the examination for admission to the Royal military academy at ...

Woolwich roy. military acad - 1861 - 572 pages
...MATHEMATICS REV. CANON HEAVISIDE, MA Third Paper. — 11 1 AM to 1| PM 1. Show that the sines of the angles of a spherical triangle are proportional to the sines of the opposite sides. In any spherical triangle, a, b, c being the sides subtending the angles A, B, C respectively,...
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