AND ASTRONOMICAL TABLES, FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS, PRACTICAL ASTRONOMERS, SURVEYORS, ENGINEERS, PRECEDED BY AN INTRODUCTION, CONTAINING THE CONSTRUCTION OF LOGARITHMIC AND TRIGONOMETRICAL TABLES, THEIR APPLICATION TO NAVIGATION, ASTRONOMY, SURVEYING, AND GEODETICAL OPERATIONS, WITH AN EXPLANATION OF THE TABLES, ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS PROBLEMS AND EXAMPLES. SECOND EDITION, GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED. BY WILLIAM GALBRAITH, M. A., TEACHER OF MATHEMATICS, EDINBURGH. EDINBURGH: PUBLISHED BY OLIVER & BOYD, TWEEDDALE COURT; |