Encyclopædia 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 645
... measure of one degree of the meridian ; which being once got , we have only to multiply the number of miles , feet , or any other measure employed , by 360 , the number of degrees in the circumference , and the product is that of the ...
... measure of one degree of the meridian ; which being once got , we have only to multiply the number of miles , feet , or any other measure employed , by 360 , the number of degrees in the circumference , and the product is that of the ...
Page 674
... measure the difance AB , one of whofe extremities is acceffible . - From the point A , let the right line AC of a known length be made perpendicular to AB ( by the preceding fcholium ) : likewife draw the right line CD perpendicular to ...
... measure the difance AB , one of whofe extremities is acceffible . - From the point A , let the right line AC of a known length be made perpendicular to AB ( by the preceding fcholium ) : likewife draw the right line CD perpendicular to ...
Page 675
... measure the diftance BC . - Let the angle BAC be obferved by the 12th prop . of this ; wherefore in the triangle ABC , right - angled at B , there is given by obfervation the angle at A ; whence ( by the 59th art . of Part . I. ) there ...
... measure the diftance BC . - Let the angle BAC be obferved by the 12th prop . of this ; wherefore in the triangle ABC , right - angled at B , there is given by obfervation the angle at A ; whence ( by the 59th art . of Part . I. ) there ...
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