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

70 Various Applications. Reciprocally.-If the points A', B', C' satisfy either of these relations, they lie on a great circle. Cor. 1.-The great circle which bisects two sides of a triangle meets the third side at the distance of 90~ from its middle point. Cor. 2.-The feet of two internal bisectors, and the foot of the third external bisector, of the angles of a triangle lie on the same great circle. 71. If the arcs which join the vertices of a triangle ABC to the same point O of the sphere meet the opposite sides in the points A', B', C', then, 1~. (ab, CC') (bc, AA') (ca, BB') = - 1. (291) 2~. (AB, C') (B C, A') ( CA, B') = - 1. (292) 1~. This follows from applying the theorem, ~ 29, to the three triangles A OB, BOC, COA, and considering that if the point O be inside the triangle ABC, the three ratios of section (ab, CC), &c., are negative; and if 0 be outside, two are positive and one negative. 2~ follows from 1~ by equation (55). Reciprocally, if the points A', B', C' satisfy either of the equalities (291), (292), the arcs AA', BB', CC' are concurrent. Cor. 1.-The three medians AA', BB', CC', are concurrent. Cor. 2.-The three altitudes, ha, hb, h, of a spherical triangle are concurrent. Cor. 3.-The homologous sides of two supplemental triangles intersect in points situated on the same great circle, having as pole the common orthocentre of the two triangles. Cor. 4.-The arcs which join the vertices of a spherical triangle to the points of contact of opposite sides with inscribed circle, or with any of the escribed, meet in the same point. (The GERiGONNE point of the Triangle.)

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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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Dublin,: Hodges, Figgis, & co.; [etc., etc.]
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