A Course of Mathematics: For the Use of Academies as Well as Private Tuition : in Two Volumes, Volume 2W. E. Dean, 1831 |
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... passes through the other extremity . The COSINE of an arc , is the sine of the complement of that are , and is equal to the part of the radius comprised be tween the centre of the circle and the foot of the sine . The TANGENT of an arc ...
... passes through the other extremity . The COSINE of an arc , is the sine of the complement of that are , and is equal to the part of the radius comprised be tween the centre of the circle and the foot of the sine . The TANGENT of an arc ...
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... passing over all the points of the circumference ABA'B'A , or describing the whole circle . Tracting this motion at tentively , it will appear , that at the point A , where the arc nothing , the sine is nothing while the cosine does not ...
... passing over all the points of the circumference ABA'B'A , or describing the whole circle . Tracting this motion at tentively , it will appear , that at the point A , where the arc nothing , the sine is nothing while the cosine does not ...
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... passes from nothing to infinity in the first quadrant ; becomes negative , and de- creases from infinity to nothing in the second ; becomes po- sitive again , and increases from nothing to infinity in the third quadrant ; and lastly ...
... passes from nothing to infinity in the first quadrant ; becomes negative , and de- creases from infinity to nothing in the second ; becomes po- sitive again , and increases from nothing to infinity in the third quadrant ; and lastly ...
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... passing through the centre of the sphere , and terminated by two points , diametrically opposite , at its surface , is called the axis of such circle ; and the extremities of the axis , or the points where it meets the surface , are ...
... passing through the centre of the sphere , and terminated by two points , diametrically opposite , at its surface , is called the axis of such circle ; and the extremities of the axis , or the points where it meets the surface , are ...
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... , that the shortest distance between any two points , measured on the surface of the sphere , is the arc of a great circle passing through these points . THEOREM II . The sum of the three sides of 28 SPHERICÁL TRÍGONOMETRY .
... , that the shortest distance between any two points , measured on the surface of the sphere , is the arc of a great circle passing through these points . THEOREM II . The sum of the three sides of 28 SPHERICÁL TRÍGONOMETRY .
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Page 459 - Or, by an. 249 of the same, the pressure is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid...
Page 66 - To prove that the exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the two interior opposite angles (see fig.
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Page 239 - BPC) ; or, the pressure of a fluid on any surface is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid...
Page 289 - The workmen thought that substituting part silver was only a proper <perquisite; which taking air, Archimedes was appointed to examine it ; who, on putting...
Page 35 - Two planes are said to have the same or a like inclination to one another which two other planes have, when the said angles of inclination are equal to one another.
Page 75 - Let a, b, c, be the sides, and A, B, c, the angles of a spherical triangle, on the surface of a sphere whose radius is r ; then...
Page 385 - Multiply the number in the table of multiplicands, by the breadth and square of the depth, both in inches, and divide that product by the length, also, in inches; the quotient will be the weight in Jbs.t Example 1.
Page 244 - Weigh the denser body and the compound mass, separately, both in water and out of it ; then find how much each loses in water, by subtracting its weight in water from its weight in air ; and subtract the less of these remainders from the greater. Then...
Page 140 - Body is either Hard, Soft, or Elastic. A Hard Body is that whose parts do not yield to any stroke or percussion, but retains its figure unaltered. A Soft Body is that whose parts yield^to any stroke or impression, without restoring themselves again ; the figure of the body remaining altered.