A System of Geometry and Trigonometry: With a Treatise on Surveying ... in Which, Also, the Principles of Rectangular Surveying ... are Fully Explained: with a Complete Series of Mathematical Tables, and the Necessary ExplanationsCooke & Company, 1830 - 284 páginas |
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... LOGARITHMS . To divide one number by another , SUBTRACT THE LOGARITHM OF THE DIVISOR FROM THAT OF THE DIVI- THE REMAINDER WILL BE THE LOGARITHM OF THE QUOTIENT . DEND . EXAMPLES . 1. Divide 15,625 by 625 . Log . 15,625 4.193820 Log . 625- ...
... LOGARITHMS . To divide one number by another , SUBTRACT THE LOGARITHM OF THE DIVISOR FROM THAT OF THE DIVI- THE REMAINDER WILL BE THE LOGARITHM OF THE QUOTIENT . DEND . EXAMPLES . 1. Divide 15,625 by 625 . Log . 15,625 4.193820 Log . 625- ...
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Página 12 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, &c.
Página 52 - West ; add them together. 3. If both are North or South, but one East and the other West; subtract their sum from 180 degrees. 4. If both are North or South, and both East or West ; add together 90 degrees...
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Página 11 - NB The minutes in the left-hand column of each page, increasing downwards, belong to the degrees at the top ; and those increasing upwards, in the right-hand column, belong to the degrees below.
Página 13 - The tangent of an arc is a right line touching the circumference, and drawn perpendicular to the diameter ; and is terminated by a line drawn from the centre through the other end of the arc ; thus BK is the tangent of the arc BH.
Página 12 - The radius of a circle is a line drawn from the centre to the circumference, as A, B.
Página 34 - By the Square Root. In this Case the Hypothenuse may be found by the Square Root, without finding the Angles; according to the following PROPOSITION. In every Right Angled Triangle, the Sum of the Squares of the two Legs is equal to the Square of the Hypothenuse. In the above EXAMPLE, the Square of AB 78.7 is...
Página 85 - As the length of the whole line, Is to 57.3 Degrees,* So is the said distance, To the difference of Variation required. EXAMPLE. Suppose it be required to run a line which some years ago bore N. 45°.