A treatise on spherical trigonometry, and its application to geodesy and astronomy, with numerous examples. By John Casey.

38 Connecting Sides and Angles of a Spherical Triangle. 5~. sin2p = sin a' sin b'. 6~. sinp sin c = sin a sin b. (142) 7~. tan a tan b = tan c sin p. 8~. tana + tan2 b tan2ccos2p. (144) 9~. cotA: cotB:: sina': sin b'. (145) 35. If MA', MB', MC' be the perpendiculars let fall from a point M on the sides of the triangle ABC; then cos AB'. cos BC'. cos CA' = cos A'B. cos B'C. cos C'A. (STEINER) (146) 36. If the triangles ABC, a8y be such that perpendiculars let fall from A, B, C on the sides of a, j, y be concurrent, the perpendiculars from a, B, y on the sides of ABC are concurrent. 37-40. If AD be the altitude of the triangle ABC, prove1~. cos BD: cos CD:: cos BA: cos CA. (147) 2~. sin BD: sin CD:: cot B: cot C. (148) 3~. tan BD: tan CD tanBAD: tan CAD. (149) 4~. cos BAD: cos CAD: tanBA: tan CA. (150) 41. If the base BC be fixed, and the ratio of the cosines of the sides constant, the locus of A is a great circle perpendicular to BC. 42. If the angle A be fixed, and the ratio tan b: tan c constant, the side BC passes through a fixed point. 43. If the base BC be fixed, and the ratio tan B: tan C constant, the locus of A is a great circle. 44. If the angle A be fixed, and the ratio cos B: cos C constant, the side BC passes through a fixed point. 39. Quadrantal Triangles. The triangle supplemental to a right-angled triangle has one side a quadrant, and is called a quadrantal triangle. The formulae pertaining to such triangles are obtained from the equations (108)-(113) by the substitutions of the Scholium (Art. 33). They are as follows, c being the quadrantal side:sin a = sin 4 - sin C. (151) cos a = - tan B + tan C. (152) tan a = tan A4 sin B. (153) sin a = cos b cos B. (154) cos C = - cot a. cot b. (155) cos C= - cos A. cos B. (156)

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A treatise on spherical trigonometry, and its application to geodesy and astronomy, with numerous examples. By John Casey.
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