| 1801 - 658 Seiten
...calculation of the sides and angles of spherical triangles. • . . ;2. A spherical triangle is a figure on the surface of a sphere, bounded by three arcs of great circles. 3. A spherical triangle, like a plane one, is eqttilateral, isoscelnr, or scalenous, according as the... | |
| John Bonnycastle - 1806 - 464 Seiten
...drawn at the distance of 90° from its angular point ; thus A c is the measure of the angle ABC. 9. A spherical triangle, is a portion of the surface of a sphere, contained by the arcs of three great circles; as ABC. 73 10. A right-angled spherical triangle, is... | |
| Francis Nichols - 1811 - 162 Seiten
...between the two arcs which form the angle, and drawn at the distance of 90° from the angular point. 9. A spherical triangle is a portion of the surface of a sphere contained by the arcs of three great circles which intersect one another. Note. The three arcs are... | |
| Robert Woodhouse - 1819 - 300 Seiten
...A plane is said to be a tangent of a sphere, when it has one point only common with the sphere. 5. A spherical triangle is a portion of the surface of a sphere included within three arcs * of three great circles, which arcs are called sides of the triangle. *... | |
| Adrien Marie Legendre - 1822 - 394 Seiten
...will be shewn (6. VII.) that every circle, great or little, has always two poles. VI. A splterical triangle is a portion of the surface of a sphere, bounded by three arcs of great circles. Those arcs, named the sides of the triangle, are always sup- * posed to be each less than a semicircumference.... | |
| Adrien Marie Legendre - 1828 - 346 Seiten
...this circle. It will be shown (404.) that every circle, great or small, has always two poles. 442. A spherical triangle is a portion of the surface of...a sphere, bounded by three arcs of great circles. Those arcs, named the sides of the triangle, are always supposed to be each less than a setnicircumference.... | |
| Richard Wilson - 1831 - 372 Seiten
...sphere only in one point ; it is therefore a tangent plane. SECTION II. ON SPHERICAL TRIANGLES. DEF. X. A spherical triangle is a portion of the surface of a sphere contained by .three arcs of great circles ; and is formed by taking any three points, (of which two... | |
| Benjamin Peirce - 1836 - 84 Seiten
...•' CHAPTER I. Definitions. 1. Spherical Trigonometry treats of the solution] of spherical triangles. A Spherical Triangle is a portion of the surface of a sphere included between three arcs of great circles. In the present treatise those spherical triangles only... | |
| Benjamin Peirce - 1836 - 92 Seiten
...TRIGONOMETRY. CHAPTER I. Definitions. 1. Spherical Trigonometry treats of the solution of spherical triangles. A Spherical Triangle is a portion of the surface of a sphere included between three arcs of great circles. In the present treatise those spherical triangles only... | |
| Roswell Park - 1841 - 624 Seiten
...intercepted between two parallel planes ; and the intercepted solid is called a spherical segment. A spherical triangle, is a portion of the surface...a sphere, bounded by three arcs of great circles, that is, circles whose planes pass through the centre. The convex surface of a cylinder, is equal to... | |
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