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Excerpt from A Treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, and Its Applications to Astronomy and Geodesy: With Numerous Examples The present treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry is designed as a text-book for Colleges, Scientific Schools, and Institutes of Technology. The aim has been to present the subject in as concise a form as is consistent with clearness, to make it attractive and easily intelligible to the student, and at the same time to present the fullest course of Trigonometry which is usually given in the best Technological Schools. Considerable care has been taken to instruct the student in the theory and use of Logarithms, and their practical application to the solution of triangles. It is hoped that the work may commend itself, not only to those who wish to confine themselves to the numerical calculations which occur in Trigonometry, but also to those who intend to pursue the study of the higher mathematics. The examples are very numerous and are carefully selected. Many are placed in immediate connection with the subject-matter which they illustrate. The numerical solution of triangles has received much attention, each case being treated in detail. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.