A treatise on surveying and navigation: uniting the theoretical, practical, and educational features of these subjects (1857)
Robinson, Horatio N[elson], 1806-1867. [from old catalog] · Cincinnati, J. Ernst; Toledo, Anderson, Burr, & co. · leaf 129
of the triangle, it would notdo to require us to cut off a tenth part of the triangle, or any smaller portion,for it would be impossible to do so. When it is required to cut off a very smallportion of the whole triangle, the point P must be near one of the sides, ornear one of the angular points.… … DIVISION OF LANDS. 127 P, taking the angular point A, and let EF be that line. We are to determine thevalue of AF. Iii the triangle AB C, the angles A, B, and C, are known, and thesides opposite to them, a, b and c, are also known. AP is known, andcall it h. Put the angle EAP=p, PAF=q. Then,…
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