 radii CA, CE. Now the graduations of the limb being purposely made only half as distant as would correspond to degrees, the arc AE, when read off as if the graduations were whole degrees, will in fact read double its real amount, and therefore the numbers...  'Wrinkles' in Practical Navigation - Page 45by Squire Thornton S. Lecky - 1884 - 474 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...object, and FQ of the other, is twice the angle ECB included between the fixed and moveable radii CB, CE. Now, the graduations of the limb being purposely...as distant as would correspond to degrees, the arc BE, when read off, as if the graduations were whole degrees, will, in fact, read double its real amount,... | |
 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1838 - 444 pages
...object, and FQ of the other, is twice the angle ECB included between the fixed and moveable radii CB, CE. Now the graduations of the limb being purposely...as distant as would correspond to degrees, the arc BE, when read off, as if the graduations were whole degrees, will, in fact, read double its real amount,... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1842 - 472 pages
...object, and FQ of the other, is twice the angle ECB included between the fixed and moveable radii CB, CE. Now the graduations of the limb being purposely...as distant as would correspond to degrees, the arc BE, when rend oil', as if the gradnationawere whole degrees, will, in fact, read double its real amount,... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1849 - 672 pages
...and FQ of the other, is twice the angle EGA included between the fixed and moveable radii CA, C E. Now, the graduations of the limb being purposely made...off will express not the angle EGA, but its double, the angle subtended by the objects. (195 ) To determine the exact distances between the stars by direct... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - Astronomy - 1850 - 378 pages
...CFD=FDN=GCD+G O'F, PMQ + MCF=:GCD + GCF; GC D = RCP, ECPi=MCF + GCF = GCD; PMQ + MCF = MCF + 2 GCF, Now the graduations of the limb being purposely made...as distant as would correspond to degrees, the arc BE, when read off as if the graduations were whole degrees, will, in fact, read double its real amount,... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - Astronomy - 1850 - 412 pages
...= CFD, CFD=FDN=GCD+GCF, PMQ+MCF=GCD+GCF; GCD=RCP, RCP=MCF+GCF=GCD; PMQ+MCF=MCF+2GCF, PMQ=2FCG=2ACE. Now the graduations of the limb being purposely made...as distant as would correspond to degrees, the arc BE, when read off as if the graduations were whole degrees, will, in fact, read double its real amount,... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1851 - 706 pages
...and FQ of the other, is twice the angle EGA included between the fixed and moveable radii CA, C E. Now, the graduations of the limb being purposely made...off will express not the angle EGA, but its double, the angle subtended by the objects. (195.) To determine the exact distances between the stars by direct... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1851 - 744 pages
...and FQ of the other, is twice the angle ECA included between the fixed and moveable radii CA, C E. Now, the graduations of the limb being purposely made...the numbers so read off will express not the angle ECA, but its double, the angle subtended by the objects. (195.) To determine the exact distances between... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1851 - 492 pages
...object, and FQ of the other, is twice the angle ECB included between the fixed and moveable radii CB, CE. Now the graduations of the limb being purposely...as distant as would correspond to degrees, the arc BE, when read off, as if the graduations were whole degrees, will, in fact, read double its real amount,... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1853 - 608 pages
...and FQ of the other, is twice the angle EGA included between the fixed and moveable radii CA, C E. Now, the graduations of the limb being purposely made...off will express, not the angle EGA, but its double, the angle subtended by the objects. (195.) To determine the exact distances between the stars by direct... | |
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