 | 1801 - 658 sider
...53 AT TP 105-6 9-8697037 9'99'2238£ 2'OOOOQOO 2-1225348 10'OCOOOOO 9-9023486 2-1225348 2-0248834 3. Two ships of war, intending to cannonade a fort, are,...from it, that they suspect their guns cannot reach it ; in order therefore to measure the distance, they separate from each other naif a mile, or 880 yards... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1811 - 442 sider
...from the top of the mountain, supposing the form of the earth to be perfectly globular? EXAM. xvni. Two ships of war, intending to cannonade a fort, are,...fort subtends, which angles are 83° 45' and 85° 1 5'. What then is the distance between each ship and the fort ? A f 2292-26 yards. AnS'l 2298-05 *... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1811 - 494 sider
...be perfectly globular? . fdist. 140-876 \ .. Ans. •< ,. nr.,,cf miles. Idiam. 7936 J EXAM. xvni. Two ships of war, intending to cannonade a fort, are,...each ship observes and measures the angle which the othe» ship and the fort subtends, which angles are 83° 45' and 85° 1 5'. What then, is the distance... | |
 | Robert Gibson - 1821 - 594 sider
...53° and 73° 15.. What then was the perpendicular breadth of the river ? Ans. 529.48 yards. Ex. 7. Two ships of war, intending to cannonade a fort, are,...measures the angle which the other ship and the fort subtend, which angles are 83° 45' and 85° 15'. What then is the distance between each ship and the... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1822 - 616 sider
...fort, are bv the shallownes* of the water, kept *o far from it. that they saaiiect their guns cannon reach it with effect. In order therefore to measure...the fort subtends, which angles are 83" 45' and 85° 15'. What then is the distance between each ship and the fort ? , ( 2S82-2G yards. •" "'• J 2298-05... | |
 | Robert Gibson - 1832 - 290 sider
...533 and 73° 15'. What then was the perpendicular breadth of the river ? Ans. 529.48 yards. Ex. 7. Two ships of war, intending to cannonade a fort, are,...measures the angle which the other ship and the fort subtend, which angles are 83° 45' and 85° 15'. What then is the distance between each ship and the... | |
 | Robert Gibson - 1833 - 436 sider
...perpendicular breadth of j|fe river? .^^^t^Ans. _BSyKJJyiyds. Ex. 7. Two ships of war, intending to cannonaae i fort, are, by the shallowness of the water, kept so...measures the angle which the other ship and the fort subtend, •which angles are 83° 45' and 85° 15'. What then is the distance between each ship and... | |
 | Robert Gibson, James Ryan - 1839 - 452 sider
...53° and 73° 15'. What then was the perpendicular breadth of the river? Ans. 529.48 yards. Ex. 7. Two ships of war, intending to cannonade a fort, are,...separate from each other a quarter of a mile, or 440 y:irds ; then each ship observes and measures the angle whicli the other ship and the fort subtend,... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1854 - 350 sider
...bight, and my distance from' it at the first station. . < H'ght 307.53. Ans' \ Distance 192.15. 16. Two ships of war, intending to cannonade a fort, are, by the shal.owness of the water, kept so far from it, that they suspect their guns cannot reach it with effect.... | |
 | John Radford Young - 1855 - 218 sider
...that they suspect the guns cannot reach it. In order, therefore, to discover its distance, the ships separate from each other a quarter of a mile, or 440 yards ; from each ship ia then measured the angle which a line joining the other ship with the fort subtends.... | |
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Two ships of war, intending to cannonade a fort, are, by the shallowness of the water, kept so far from it, that they suspect their guns cannot reach it with effect. In order, therefore, to measure the distance, they separate from each other a quarter... 
