Mathematics: Compiled from the Best Authors and Intended to be the Text-book of the Course of Private Lectures on These Sciences in the University at Cambridge, Under the Direction of Samuel WebberUniversity at Cambridge, 1801 - Mathematics |
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abscisses altitude axes axis azimuth base centre chord circumference complement Computation cone conjugate cosine course curve declination departure describe dial diameter diff difference of latitude difference of longitude distance divided drawn ecliptic ellipse equal equinoctial EXAMPLES feet figure find the area frustum height Hence horizon hour angle hour lines hyperbola hypotenuse inches intersection latit length measure Mercator's middle latitude miles multiply NOTE oblique circle opposite ordinate parabola parallel of latitude parallel sailing parallelogram perpendicular plane sailing pole primitive Prob PROBLEM PROBLEM projection Prop proportion PROPOSITION Q. E. D. COR quadrant radius rectangle Required the content right ascension right circle right line right-angled triangle RULE secant segment side sine sphere spherical triangle square star station stile substile subtract sun's tance tang tangent THEOREM transverse trapezium triangle ABC yards