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Σελίδα 20 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center, Fig.
Σελίδα 17 - Multiply the index of the quantity by the index of the power to which it is to be raised, and the result will be the power required.
Σελίδα 16 - DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. RULE. From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor, and the number answering to the remainder will be the quotient required.
Σελίδα 159 - Astronomers, with a view of obtaining a convenient and uniform measure of time, have recourse to a mean solar day, the length of which is equal to the mean or average of all the apparent solar days in a year. An imaginary Sun, called the mean Sun...
Σελίδα 5 - LV. contains the times of high water on the full and change of the moon, with the vertical rise of the tide, at many ports, harbors.
Σελίδα 15 - Consequently, when the first three terms of a proportion are given, the fourth is found by multiplying the second and third terms together, and dividing the product by the first term.
Σελίδα 231 - ... will be double the altitude of the sun's limb above the horizontal plane ; to the half of which, if the semidiameter, refraction, and parallax be applied, the result will be the true altitude of the centre.
Σελίδα 20 - For the purpose of measuring angles, the circumference is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds.
Σελίδα 52 - TO THEIR DIFFERENCE ; So IS THE TANGENT OF HALF THE SUM OF THE OPPOSITE ANGLES', To THE TANGENT OF HALF THEIR DIFFERENCE.
Σελίδα 37 - ... division. Or the extent from any division to another on the line of meridional parts, applied to the line of equal parts, will give the meridional difference of latitude between the two places denoted by the divisions.

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