A Practical Application of the Principles of Geometry to the Mensuration of Superficies and Solids: Being the Third Part of a Course of Mathematics, Adapted to the Method of Instruction in the American CollegesOliver Steele, printer, 1815 - 96 páginas |
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... PLANE SAILING is the method of calculating the situ- ation and progress of a ship by means of a plane triangle . Though the surface of the ocean , conforming to the general figure of the earth , is nearly spherical ; * yet the ...
... PLANE SAILING is the method of calculating the situ- ation and progress of a ship by means of a plane triangle . Though the surface of the ocean , conforming to the general figure of the earth , is nearly spherical ; * yet the ...
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... plane triangle , in which one of the angles is equal to the course . Suppose a ship proceeds from A to C , ( Fig . 18. ) describing the rhumb - line AmnC , on which the ... plane sailing , then , the process of PLANE SAILING . 19.
... plane triangle , in which one of the angles is equal to the course . Suppose a ship proceeds from A to C , ( Fig . 18. ) describing the rhumb - line AmnC , on which the ... plane sailing , then , the process of PLANE SAILING . 19.
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... plane sailing , then , the process of calculation is as accurate , and as simple , as if the surface of the ocean were a plane . Let NS ( Fig . 20. ) be a meridian line . If a ship sails from A to C , and if BC is perpendicular to NS ...
... plane sailing , then , the process of calculation is as accurate , and as simple , as if the surface of the ocean were a plane . Let NS ( Fig . 20. ) be a meridian line . If a ship sails from A to C , and if BC is perpendicular to NS ...
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... and Diff . of latitude ; { to find { Making the distance radius , The distance , And departure Cos Course : Diff . Lat :: ( Rad : Distance . Sin Course : Departure . Example . A ship sails S 50 ° E , PLANE SAILING . 21.
... and Diff . of latitude ; { to find { Making the distance radius , The distance , And departure Cos Course : Diff . Lat :: ( Rad : Distance . Sin Course : Departure . Example . A ship sails S 50 ° E , PLANE SAILING . 21.
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... plane sailing may be easily solved by inspection . Ex . 1. Given the course 33 ° 45 ' , and the distance 38 miles ; to find the departure and difference of latitude . Under 330 , and opposite 38 , will be found the difference of ...
... plane sailing may be easily solved by inspection . Ex . 1. Given the course 33 ° 45 ' , and the distance 38 miles ; to find the departure and difference of latitude . Under 330 , and opposite 38 , will be found the difference of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ABCD arithmetical complement axis base calculation centre circle circular segment circumference column cone cosecant cosine cotangent course cylinder decimal departure diameter Diff difference of latitude difference of longitude distance divided earth equal equator errour feet figure find the area find the SOLIDITY frustum given side gles greater half horizon hypothenuse inches JEREMIAH DAY length less logarithm measured Mercator's Merid meridian meridional difference middle latitude miles minutes multiplied negative number of degrees number of sides object oblique opposite parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpendicular plane sailing polygon prism PROBLEM proportion pyramid quadrant quantity quotient radius regular polygon right angled triangle right ascension right cylinder rods root secant segment sine sines and cosines slant-height sphere square subtract surface tables tangent term theorem tion trapezium triangle ABC Trig trigonometry whole
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Página 68 - 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.
Página 37 - A right cone is a solid described by the revolution of a right angled triangle about one of the sides which contain the right angle.
Página 67 - It will be sufficient to lay the edge of a rule on C, so as to be parallel to a line supposed to pass through B and D, and to mark the point of intersection G. 126. If after a field has been surveyed, and the area computed, the chain is found to be too long or too short ; the true contents may be found, upon the principle that similar figures are to each other as the squares of their homologous sides.
Página 105 - The sum of any two sides of a triangle is to their difference, as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite to those sides, to the tangent of half their difference.
Página 8 - A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference.
Página 49 - ... at the head of the column, take the degrees at the top of the table, and the minutes on the left; but if the title be at the foot of the column, take the degrees at the bottom, and the minutes on the right.
Página 16 - THEN, IF THE SEGMENT BE LESS THAN A SEMI-CIRCLE, SUBTRACT THE AREA OF THE TRIANGLE FROM THE AREA OF THE SECTOR.
Página 42 - Jidd together the areas of the two ends, and the square root of the product of these areas ; and multiply the sum by \ of the perpendicular height.