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... formulæ of trigonometry , has this farther advantage , that it connects it more inti- mately with the principal topics of mixed mathematics , and causes it to become a portal to the higher mechanics and the celestial physics . Any ...
... formulæ of trigonometry , has this farther advantage , that it connects it more inti- mately with the principal topics of mixed mathematics , and causes it to become a portal to the higher mechanics and the celestial physics . Any ...
Page xi
... formulæ 386 24 36 61 Sect . 2. Right angled spherical triangles 86 Sect . 3. Oblique angled ditto • 08008 79 89 94 Sect . 4. Analogies of Napier Sect . 5. Mnemonics of spherical trigonometry 98 Sect . 6. Areas of spherical triangles and ...
... formulæ 386 24 36 61 Sect . 2. Right angled spherical triangles 86 Sect . 3. Oblique angled ditto • 08008 79 89 94 Sect . 4. Analogies of Napier Sect . 5. Mnemonics of spherical trigonometry 98 Sect . 6. Areas of spherical triangles and ...
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... formulæ employed in their construction . * Of small tables for the pocket the best with which I am acquainted are those of Mr. Whiting , and the stereotyped tables of the Rev. F. A , Barker . CHAPTER II . General Properties , and Mutual ...
... formulæ employed in their construction . * Of small tables for the pocket the best with which I am acquainted are those of Mr. Whiting , and the stereotyped tables of the Rev. F. A , Barker . CHAPTER II . General Properties , and Mutual ...
Page 43
... formulæ ( c ) a = B , and taking the superior sign , we shall have sin 2a = 2 sin a cos a = 2 sin a √ ( 1 — sin 2a ) cos 2A = cos 2A by substituting 1 COS 2A . - -- 1 sin 2A 2 cos 2A cos 2A for sin 2A , and 1 - - 2A ) } ( D ) sin 2A ...
... formulæ ( c ) a = B , and taking the superior sign , we shall have sin 2a = 2 sin a cos a = 2 sin a √ ( 1 — sin 2a ) cos 2A = cos 2A by substituting 1 COS 2A . - -- 1 sin 2A 2 cos 2A cos 2A for sin 2A , and 1 - - 2A ) } ( D ) sin 2A ...
Page 45
... formulæ may be of use in the sum- mation of series . Thus , cos A + cos 2A + cos 3A + cos 4A + & c . ..cos na , is equal to the sum of the two series § ( ≈ + z2 + z3 + & c ...... . z * ) , and † ( ~ - ~ n + 1 2 1x at last to ( sin + 1 ...
... formulæ may be of use in the sum- mation of series . Thus , cos A + cos 2A + cos 3A + cos 4A + & c . ..cos na , is equal to the sum of the two series § ( ≈ + z2 + z3 + & c ...... . z * ) , and † ( ~ - ~ n + 1 2 1x at last to ( sin + 1 ...
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