A Collection of Mathematical Tables,: For the Use of Students in Universities and Academies, for the Practical Navigator, Geographer, and Surveyor, for Men of Business, &cLongman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1804 - 324 páginas |
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annuity apparent arch Asia Society Isles Baltic Sea Biscay Cape cent Chan Co-secant Co-sine Co-tangent column common logarithm D.Lat Dep D.Lat Dist decimal Degrees diameter difference distance dominical letter DOUBLE ALTITUDES Equation Europe England Europe Europe France Amer Europe France Eng Europe France Europe Europe Ireland Europe Italy Europe Scotland Europe Europe Spain EXAMPLE feet FIND THE LATITUDE fixed star given number Hebrides height hence Island Asia Julian period Lat Dep Lat Dist latitude latitude and declination LATITUDE BY DOUBLE LOGARITHMIC SINES LOGARITHMS OF NUMBERS logistic logarithm longest day Longitude Longitudes of Places meridian altitude miles minutes moon Multiply number answering observed Ocean 18 Ocean 20 Ocean 55 Ocean Atl Ocean Eng Ocean Germ Ocean Ind Ocean Pacif parallax POINTS AND QUARTERS present value QUADRANT quotient reduced Required right ascension Sea Atl Sea Pacif Secant subtracted sun's declination table contains Tangent Yellow Sea
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Página 8 - DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. RULE. From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor, and the number answering to the remainder will be the quotient required.
Página 63 - To construct a mill by this table, find the height of the fall of water in the first column, and against that height, in the sixth column, you have the number of cogs in the wheel, and staves in the trundle, for causing the millstone to make about 60 revolutions in a minute, as near as possible, when the wheel goes with a third part of the velocity of the...
Página 9 - Divide the logarithm of the given number by the index of the root ; and the quotient will be the logarithm of the required root (Art.
Página 6 - Naperian logarithms muy be calculated with a very small fraction of the labour which they cost their inventor. This having been done for all whole numbers within the given limits, the logarithm of any fraction is readily found by subtracting the logarithm of the denominator from that of the numerator.
Página 249 - TABLE. 60 seconds (") make 1 minute,...'. 60 minutes " 1 degree, . . . °. 30 degrees " 1 sign S. 12 signs, or 360°,
Página 236 - Yr. 2| per cent. 3 per cent. 34 per cent. 4 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 1...
Página 8 - ... places to the left hand ; but if the divisor be more places removed,, then remove the decimal point of the quotient as many places to the right hand. If the dividend and divisor be equally removed, the quotient is not to be altered.
Página 9 - Rule. Multiply the Logarithm of the given number by the Index of the proposed power, and the product will be the Logarithm, whose natural number is the power required.
Página 32 - Poie, at different distances of the Star from the Meridian. As the pole star is generally known, that no opportunity, therefore, may be lost for determining the latitude, this table is inserted, the use of which is as follows : — Find the interval between the time of observation of the altitude of the pole star, and that of its passing the meridian, and take out the corresponding equation from the table ; which added to, or subtracted from the true altitude of the pole star, will give the latitude...