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A first course in nomography (1920)

Brodetsky, Selig, 1888-1954 · London, G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. · leaf 144

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126 CONSTRUCTION OF NOMOGRAMS 76. sinx=a + bx. We shall take as a further instance the equation sin x=a-^hx, in which x is to be taken in radians (there are 3-1416 radians in 180°) in the term hx. The ranges for … a, b are supposed to be given as 0 to 1, 0 to —0-5 respectively. We take the b unit twice the a unit and construct the a, b scales as in Fig. 61. After a little trial we find that it is convenient to choose b =0 and b= —0-5.

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