Mathematical Problems and Examples, Arranged According to Subjects, from the Senate-House Examination Papers, 1821 to 1836 InclusiveW.P. Grant, 1836 - 335 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 205
... moon . 18. Explain fully the method of finding the longitude at sea by the observed distance between the moon and a star and their altitudes . 19. On board a ship in north latitude , Jupiter is observed on the meridian at 3h . 4m . 56s ...
... moon . 18. Explain fully the method of finding the longitude at sea by the observed distance between the moon and a star and their altitudes . 19. On board a ship in north latitude , Jupiter is observed on the meridian at 3h . 4m . 56s ...
Σελίδα 206
... moon being full at the same instant , and in her ascending node ; the next night the moon rises at the same hour . Re- quired the north latitude of the place . 22. By what methods may the variation of the compass be determined ; and to ...
... moon being full at the same instant , and in her ascending node ; the next night the moon rises at the same hour . Re- quired the north latitude of the place . 22. By what methods may the variation of the compass be determined ; and to ...
Σελίδα 211
... moon's phases , and why part of the disk is always visible . 78. The times of the sun's rising and setting being calcu- lated for a certain place , what correction is necessary to make them serve for another place not far distant from ...
... moon's phases , and why part of the disk is always visible . 78. The times of the sun's rising and setting being calcu- lated for a certain place , what correction is necessary to make them serve for another place not far distant from ...
Σελίδα 214
... moon in winter is longer above the horizon than in summer . 112. Explain by what observations the path of the sun among the fixed stars is determined . 113. Shew that the aberration of a star takes place towards a point of the ecliptic ...
... moon in winter is longer above the horizon than in summer . 112. Explain by what observations the path of the sun among the fixed stars is determined . 113. Shew that the aberration of a star takes place towards a point of the ecliptic ...
Σελίδα 215
... . 128. Find the moon's parallax by observations made out of the plane of the meridian , and shew how the effect of refraction may be avoided . 129. Find the length of the longest day in latitude PLANE ASTRONOMY . 215.
... . 128. Find the moon's parallax by observations made out of the plane of the meridian , and shew how the effect of refraction may be avoided . 129. Find the length of the longest day in latitude PLANE ASTRONOMY . 215.
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Σελίδα 3 - ... cuts the base, the rectangle contained by the sides of the triangle is equal to the rectangle contained by the segments of the base, together with the square on the straight line which bisects the angle.
Σελίδα 280 - A cone is a solid figure described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides containing the right angle, which side remains fixed.
Σελίδα 126 - If two straight lines meeting one another, be parallel to two straight lines which also meet one another, but are not in the same plane with the first two : the plane which passes through the first two is parallel to the plane passing through the others.
Σελίδα 2 - IN right angled triangles, the rectilineal figure described upon the side opposite to the right angle, is equal to the similar and similarly described figures upon the sides containing the right angle...
Σελίδα 2 - The angles which one straight line makes with another upon one side of it, are either two right angles, or are together equal to two right angles.
Σελίδα 255 - If a body be projected from a given point in a given direction with a given velocity...
Σελίδα 4 - If a solid angle be contained by three plane angles, any two of them are greater than the third.
Σελίδα 157 - To find the magnitude, direction, and point of application of the resultant of any number of parallel forces acting on a rigid body in one plane.
Σελίδα 7 - A and B can do a piece of work in m days, B and C in n days, and C and A in p days. In what time can each alone jjerform the work ? 39.
Σελίδα 314 - ... varies inversely as the square of the distance of the particle from the centre.