 | John Bonnycastle - 1806 - 464 σελίδες
...angle and two right angles, or 180°. Thus B oc is the complement of A o B, and B oa is its supplement. The sine of an arc is a right line drawn from one end of the arc perpendicular to the diameter which passes through the other end. Thus BD is the sine... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1807 - 464 σελίδες
...arc of 50°, then its supplement BDE will be 130°. ?. "The Sine, or Right Sine, of an arc, is the line drawn from one extremity of the arc, perpendicular...the other extremity. Thus, BF is the sine of the arc AB, or of the supplemental arc BDE. Hence the sine (BF) is half the chord (BG) of the double arc (BAG).... | |
 | Samuel Webber - 1808 - 466 σελίδες
...Rhumbs here are chords, answering to the points of the Mariners' Compass, which are 32 in the circle. t The sine of an arc is a right line, drawn from one end of an arc perpendicular to the radius, drawn to the other end. The versed sine is the part of the... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1810 - 478 σελίδες
...The sine of an arc of 30° is equal to half the t radius.-)(L) The tangent^, of an arc is a straight line drawn from one extremity of the arc, perpendicular to the diameter, and is terminated by a straight line drawn through the centre of the circle and the other extremity... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1811 - 442 σελίδες
...an arc of 50", then its supplement BDE will be 1 30°. 7. The Sine, or Right Sine, of an arc, is the line drawn from one extremity of the arc, perpendicular...the other extremity. Thus, BF is the sine of the arc AB, or of the supplemental arc BDE. Hence the sine (BF) is half the chord (EG) of the double arc (BAG).... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 462 σελίδες
...is the chord or subtense of the arc BAE, or BDE. The sine, or, as it is sometimes called, the riglrt sine, of an arc, is a right line drawn from one extremity of the arc, perpendicular to the diameter passing through the other extremity : thus BF is the sine of the arc AB, or BD. The versed sine of... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 476 σελίδες
...is the chord or subtense of the arc BAE, or BDE. The sine, or, as it is sometimes called, the right sine, of an arc, is a right line drawn from one extremity of the arc, perpendicular to the diameter passing through the other extremity : thus BF is the sine of the arc AB, or BD. The versed sine of... | |
 | Francis Nichols - 1811 - 162 σελίδες
...DHB is the supplement of AB, and the angle DCB is the supplement of ACB. 15. DEF. 3. The chord of any arc is a right line drawn from one extremity of the arc to the other. Let the points B and E be in the circle, and join B, E; then the straight line BE is... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1814 - 528 σελίδες
...the arc BML, but also of the arc BKL. 12. THE SINE of an arc, is a straight line drawn from one end of the arc, perpendicular to the diameter which passes through the other end of the arc. Thus, BD is the sine of the arc AB, and of the angle ACB. Cor. Hence the sine of an... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1815 - 686 σελίδες
...Edinburgh on the then new plan for supplying the city with water, &c. SINE, of an arc, in Trigonometry, a right line drawn from one extremity of the arc, perpendicular to the radius drawn to the other extremity of it : Or, it is half the chord of double the arc. Thus the line... | |
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Sine, or Right Sine, of an arc, is the line drawn from one extremity of the arc, perpendicular to the diameter which passes through the other extremity. Thus, BF is the sine of the arc AB, or of the supplemental arc BDE. 
