Encyclop¿dia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 7. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 654
... fide of the horizon towards you ( unless the problem requires the turning of it ) , which fide you may know by the word Eaft upon the horizon ; for then you have the graduated fide of the meridian towards you , the quadrant of al ...
... fide of the horizon towards you ( unless the problem requires the turning of it ) , which fide you may know by the word Eaft upon the horizon ; for then you have the graduated fide of the meridian towards you , the quadrant of al ...
Page 672
... fide DE of the inftrument is called the upright fide ; E the reclining fide . PROPOSITION II . - the height of the obfervator , the whole BA will be Lines and 126 feet . Note , that the height is greater than the Angles . diftance ...
... fide DE of the inftrument is called the upright fide ; E the reclining fide . PROPOSITION II . - the height of the obfervator , the whole BA will be Lines and 126 feet . Note , that the height is greater than the Angles . diftance ...
Page 675
... fide AC will be found . Wherefore , in the right - angled triangle ABC , all the angles and the hypothenufe AC are given ; confe quently , by the fourth case of trigonometry , the height fought AB will be found ; as alfo ( if you pleafe ) ...
... fide AC will be found . Wherefore , in the right - angled triangle ABC , all the angles and the hypothenufe AC are given ; confe quently , by the fourth case of trigonometry , the height fought AB will be found ; as alfo ( if you pleafe ) ...
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