A Treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry: With Their Most Useful Practical ApplicationsJ. Johnson, 1806 - 419 pages |
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Page 182
... longitude . The horizon is a circle which is distinguished by two different names , according to the sense in which it is employed : thus , The rational , or true horizon , is a great circle which divides the upper half of the heavens ...
... longitude . The horizon is a circle which is distinguished by two different names , according to the sense in which it is employed : thus , The rational , or true horizon , is a great circle which divides the upper half of the heavens ...
Page 183
... longitude are great circles pass- ing through the poles of the ecliptic , and cutting it at right angles . The tropics are two small circles at the distance of 23 ° 28 ′ from the equator ; the one in the northern he- misphere , being ...
... longitude are great circles pass- ing through the poles of the ecliptic , and cutting it at right angles . The tropics are two small circles at the distance of 23 ° 28 ′ from the equator ; the one in the northern he- misphere , being ...
Page 185
... longitude passing through its centre . The latitude of any place on the earth , is its distance north or south from the equator , as measured on a meridian passing through that place . The longitude of any celestial object , is its ...
... longitude passing through its centre . The latitude of any place on the earth , is its distance north or south from the equator , as measured on a meridian passing through that place . The longitude of any celestial object , is its ...
Page 188
... longitude and right ascension from the first point of aries quite round the globe ; hence , though at equal distances from the equinoctial points , his declination may be of the same name , N. or s . , and the same quantity , yet the ...
... longitude and right ascension from the first point of aries quite round the globe ; hence , though at equal distances from the equinoctial points , his declination may be of the same name , N. or s . , and the same quantity , yet the ...
Page 192
... situations of the stars are apparently changed . The precession of the equinoxes is an uniform retro- grade motion of the equinoctial points in the plane of the ecliptic , which affects the longitude , right ascension 192.
... situations of the stars are apparently changed . The precession of the equinoxes is an uniform retro- grade motion of the equinoctial points in the plane of the ecliptic , which affects the longitude , right ascension 192.
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acute adjacent angle Aldebaran ambiguous azimuth centre complement cosec cosine describe a circle diff difference distance draw the diameters ecliptic equal equation Example extent will reach find the hypothenuse find the rest former formulæ given leg given side greater than 90 Greenwich height horizon hyp¹ hypothenusal angle incd latitude leg AC less than 90 Log sine logarithms longitude meridian moon's oblique oblique-angled spherical triangle observed obtuse opposite angle parallax perpendicular plane triangle points pole quadrantal spherical triangle radius rcos required to find right ascension right-angled spherical triangle RULE scale of chords secant semitangent side AC side is less sides and angles sin a sin sines sphere spherical angle spherical triangle A B C spherical trigonometry star subtracted sun's declination supplement tangents THEOREM three angles three sides triangle ABC trigonometry whence Μπ вс
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Page xxxi - 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 6 - ... for the second term, and the greater for the first ; and in either case multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first for the answer, which will always be of the same denomination as the third term.
Page 329 - C' (89) (90) (91) (92) (93) 112. 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 363 - The sum of any two sides of a spherical triangle is greater than the third side, and their difference is less than the third side.
Page vii - The rectangle contained by the diagonals of a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle is equal to the sum of the two rectangles contained by its opposite sides.
Page 13 - To find the other side: — as the sum of the two given sides is to their difference, so is the tangent of half the sum of their opposite angles to the tangent of half their difference...
Page 17 - As the base or sum of the segments Is to the sum of the other two sides, So is the difference of those sides To the difference of the segments of the base.
Page 2 - SECANT of an arc, is a straight line drawn from the centre, through one end of the arc, and extended to the tangent which is drawn from the other end.
Page 181 - The AMPLITUDE of any object in the heavens is an arc of the horizon, contained between the centre of the object when rising, or setting, and the east or west points of the horizon. Or, it is...
Page 75 - Having given two sides and an angle opposite to one of them, or two angles and a side opposite to one of them.