Epitome of the Art of Navigation; Or, a Short, Easy, and Methodical Way to Become a Compleat Navigator: Containing, Practical Geometry, Plane and Spheric, Superficial and Solid; with Its Uses in All Kinds of Mensuration ...J. Mount and T. Page, 1765 - 447 sider |
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Side 7
... Globe of the Earth , In 4 Problems . VIII . Great Circle Sailing comes next , which as it's the most accurate Way , of Sailing , fo it's the most difficult , and bardly poffible for a Ship exactly to fail by ; yet it's of great ...
... Globe of the Earth , In 4 Problems . VIII . Great Circle Sailing comes next , which as it's the most accurate Way , of Sailing , fo it's the most difficult , and bardly poffible for a Ship exactly to fail by ; yet it's of great ...
Side 24
... Globe , is a Round Solid , whofe Length , Breadth , and Depth , are a - like and equal ; being made by the Rotation , or moving of a Semi - circle about its Diameter ; whofe Solid Content is found by this Rule . As { 21 } } .. { SII > ...
... Globe , is a Round Solid , whofe Length , Breadth , and Depth , are a - like and equal ; being made by the Rotation , or moving of a Semi - circle about its Diameter ; whofe Solid Content is found by this Rule . As { 21 } } .. { SII > ...
Side 82
... Globe : In order to the right underflanding of which , obferve the following Definitions . 1. Upon this Earthly Globe are imagined two oppofite Points , one called the North Pole , the other the South Pole ; as P and I , Plate 5. Fig ...
... Globe : In order to the right underflanding of which , obferve the following Definitions . 1. Upon this Earthly Globe are imagined two oppofite Points , one called the North Pole , the other the South Pole ; as P and I , Plate 5. Fig ...
Side 83
... Globe meet in the Poles . 2. The Degrees of Longitude diminish towards each Pole ; and the nearer the Pole , the lefs they are , because the Meridians ap- proach nearer to one another , the farther you fail from the Equa- tor , towards ...
... Globe meet in the Poles . 2. The Degrees of Longitude diminish towards each Pole ; and the nearer the Pole , the lefs they are , because the Meridians ap- proach nearer to one another , the farther you fail from the Equa- tor , towards ...
Side 84
... Globe ,, will in all Refpects agree with the Globe , and is a true Way of Sailing . Thefe Definitions and Theorems duly confidered , there needs no further Defcription of this Chart , it . having only this Dif- ference from the Plane ...
... Globe ,, will in all Refpects agree with the Globe , and is a true Way of Sailing . Thefe Definitions and Theorems duly confidered , there needs no further Defcription of this Chart , it . having only this Dif- ference from the Plane ...
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Side 132 - America, but know that we are alive, that two and two make four, and that the sum of any two sides of a triangle is greater than the third side.
Side 229 - ... or taking their difference when of contrary names ; the altitude to be reckoned from the south point of the horizon, when the latitude is north, and the contrary when south ; but when the sum exceeds 90°, it is to be taken from 180°, F and reckoned from the opposite point of the horizon, that is, from the north in north latitude, and from the south in south latitude.
Side 49 - Leap-year, or bissextile, Is every fourth year, and so called from its leaping a day more that year than in a common year ; so that the common year hath three hundred and sixty-five days...
Side 123 - We infer from this that a triangle can be constructed with three given lines as sides, when the sum of any two sides is greater than the third side.
Side 58 - The complement of an arc, or angle less than 90°, is what that angle wants of a quadrant, or 90°.
Side 165 - AZIMCTR circles, called azimuths, or vertical circles, are great circles of the sphere, intersecting each other in the zenith and nadir, and cutting the horizon at right angles in all the points thereof.
Side 224 - ... as the radius is to the tangent of the latitude ; so is the tangent of the sun's declination to the sine of the ascensional difference sought. This, converted into time, shows how much he rises...
Side 46 - BD, is to their Difference ; fo is the Tangent of half the Sum of the Angles BDC and BCD, to the Tangent of half their Difference.
Side 217 - ... which from the right ascension, when the sun is in the northern signs, and adding it, when the sun is in the southern ones, you will find the oblique ascension.
Side 297 - Canon, is a table showing the length of the sine, tangent, and secant, to every degree and minute of the quadrant, with respect to the radius, which is expressed by unity or 1, with any number of ciphers.