| Edward Laurence - Logarithms - 1717 - 424 pages
...following Jxiomi. AXIOM I. In any Right Angle Triangle, if either of the L*"gs be fuppofed to be the RiiHus of a Circle, the other Leg will be the Tangent of the oppofite Angle or of the Angle at the Center, and the Hypothenufe will be the Secant of that Angle : But if yon im agine the... | |
| William Flower - Mathematical instruments - 1768 - 276 pages
...becáüfe, If irt à reSíangíed triangle^ either of the kgs or jidèf containing the right angle, be made the radius of a circle, the other leg will be the tangent of its oppefite angle. Therefore,All problems relating to plané trigonometry» wherein tangents are concerned,... | |
| John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1807 - 676 pages
...the fines of their oppofite angles ; but If either of the legs, including the right angle, be made the radius of a circle, the other leg will be the tangent of its oppofite angle, and the hypothenufe the fecant of the fame angle, E For TRIGONOMETRY. For let the... | |
| John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1807 - 586 pages
...the fines of their oppofite angles ; but If either of the legs, including the right angle, be made the radius of a circle, the other leg will be the tangent or its oppofite angle, and the hypothenufe the fecant of the fame angle. E For 34 TRIGONOMETRY. For... | |
| Surveying - 1814 - 402 pages
...legs, will be, each the sine of its opposite angle. If either leg, including the right angle, be made the radius of a circle, the other leg will be the tangent of its opposite angle, and the hypothenuse the secant of the same angle. The foregoing Position, accurately... | |
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