Plane and Spherical Trigonometry (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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IN this work the author has attempted to produce a text book which should present in a concise and yet thorough manner an adequate treatment of both the theoretical and the practical sides of elementary trigonometry. The material here presented has been gathered and tested during the course of many years of experience in the class room, and the arrange ment and method of presentation are the result of numerous experiments made for the purpose of ascertaining what could be done most effectively in the limited time usually devoted to this subject.

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The material here presented has been gathered and tested during the course of many years of experience in the class room, and the arrangement and method of presentation are the result of numerous experiments made for the purpose of ascertaining what could be done most effectively in the limited time usually devoted to this subject. The problems given in connection with the different cases under the solution of triangles are nearly all new, and are well graded and sufficiently numerous to give the student ample preparation for the various problems that arise in plane surveying and in elementary astronomical and geodetic work. That portion of the book which treats of theoretical trigonometry has been written in the attempt to present this aspect of the subject in the simplest and clearest manner, and at the same time with the design of equipping the student for the more advanced work in pure and applied mathematics which is pursued in the later years of his college course. The best English, French, and Italian text-books have been consulted, as well as those published in this country. For assistance in the preparation of the work thanks are due to my colleague, Professor Arthur D. Butterfield, toP rofessor W. B. Fite of Cornell University, toP rofessor O. S. Stetson of Syracuse University, toM r. C. G. Brown, head of the department of mathematics in theE nglewood, New Jersey, High School, and toM r. J. A. Bollard, instructor in mathematics in theW orcester Polytechnic I nstitute. LEVI L. CONANT. WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, WORCESTER, MASS.
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