 | William Somerville Orr - 1856 - 622 σελίδες
...reality, only encumbering it with errors. A very meritorious writer, Lieut Rapcr, justly remarks, that " very indistinct and erroneous notions prevail among...time is, in consequence, often lost in computing to a dcfrreo of precision wholly inconsistent with that of the elements themselves. Tho mere habit of working... | |
 | Henry Raper - 1870 - 968 σελίδες
...which two only are taken out to seconds. In a work in which many of the methods are new, I have felt it would be more satisfactory to the professional reader...consequence, often lost in computing to a degree of Drecision wholly inconsistent with that of the elements themselves The mere habit of working invariably... | |
 | Royal Society of South Africa - 1878 - 922 σελίδες
...relative. In the preface to Raper's Navigation, some useful advice is given on this subject : — " Very indistinct and erroneous notions prevail among...unfavourable tendency of deceiving those who are not aware ( f the true nature of Buch questions into the persuasion that the result is always as correct as the... | |
 | 1880 - 892 σελίδες
...relative. In the preface to Ilaper's Navigation, some useful advice is given on this subject : — " Very indistinct and erroneous notions prevail among...working invariably to a useless precision, while it ran never advance the computer's knowledge of the subject, has the unfavourable tendency of deceiving... | |
 | William Culley Bergen - 1881 - 242 σελίδες
...Nautical Computations. Raper, in page vii. of the preface to the 1st edition of his " Navigation," says, " Very indistinct and erroneous notions prevail among...persons on the subject of accuracy of computation." We shall therefore give a few instances of the great errors that may arise from slight errors in the... | |
 | William Cuulley Bergen - 1881 - 186 σελίδες
...Nautical Computations. Raper, in page vii. of the preface to the 1st edition of his " Navigation," says, " Very indistinct and erroneous notions prevail among...persons on the subject of accuracy of computation." We shall therefore give a few instances of the great errors that may arise from slight errors in the... | |
 | Henry Raper - 1908 - 1018 σελίδες
...and erroneous notions prevail among practical persons on the subject of accuracy of computation ; nnd much time is, in consequence, often lost in computing...of precision wholly inconsistent with that of the element* themselves. The mere habit of working invariably to a useless precision, while it can never... | |
 | Charles Louis Petze - 1948 - 134 σελίδες
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This is the more important, as very indistinct and erroneous notions prevail among practical persons on the subject of accuracy of computation ; and much time is, in consequence, often lost in computing to a degree of precision wholly inconsistent with... 