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a terminated curve line, and let straight lines be drawn from each point to the next, then if the number of points be conceived to increase and the distance between each two to diminish continually, the extremities remaining fixed, the limit of the sum of the straight lines is called the \\Emph{Length of the Curve}.", "markdown": "Let a number of points be taken in a terminated curve line, and let straight lines be drawn from each point to the next, then if the number of points be conceived to increase and the distance between each two to diminish continually, the extremities remaining fixed, the limit of the sum of the straight lines is called the Length of the Curve.", "why": "Defines arc length by a limit of inscribed polygonal lines, the idea a learner needs for curved lengths.", "use": [ "website", "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/limit", "quantity/length-of-a-curve" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-1f093d60aa", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-i", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "11", "location": "OF THE MENSURATION OF THE CIRCLE", "latex": "By the method of ``continued fractions'' it will be found that $\\dfrac{22}{7}$~and~$\\dfrac{355}{113}$ are nearer approximations to the value of~$\\pi$ than any simpler fractions.", "markdown": "By the method of “continued fractions” it will be found that $\\dfrac{22}{7}$ and $\\dfrac{355}{113}$ are nearer approximations to the value of $\\pi$ than any simpler fractions.", "why": "Gives learners a concrete sense of how close simple fractions come to pi.", "use": [ "website", "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "quantity/pi" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-7d65261339", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-i", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be 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triangle is equal to the rectangle contained by its semi-perimeter and the radius of the inscribed circle.", "why": "States the chapter's first result in one line, so a learner sees the area formula in terms of half the perimeter and the inscribed radius.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/inscribed-circle", "quantity/area", "quantity/semi-perimeter", "theorem/triangle-area-as-semi-perimeter-times-inradius" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-01975c8f91", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-ii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "12", "location": "OF THE AREA OF A TRIANGLE AND OF THE INSCRIBED CIRCLE", "latex": "The two tangents from each angle to the inscribed circle are equal: hence, if three tangents, one from each angle, be taken, their sum is the semi-perimeter, and therefore a tangent from one of the angles, together with the side opposite that angle, is equal to the semi-perimeter.", "markdown": "The two tangents from each angle to the inscribed circle are equal: hence, if three tangents, one from each angle, be taken, their sum is the semi-perimeter, and therefore a tangent from one of the angles, together with the side opposite that angle, is equal to the semi-perimeter.", "why": "Shows why a tangent plus the opposite side equals the semi-perimeter, a short argument a learner can follow step by step.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/inscribed-circle", "concept/tangent", "quantity/semi-perimeter" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-8505dbbfc9", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-ii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "12", "location": "OF THE AREA OF A TRIANGLE AND OF THE INSCRIBED CIRCLE", "latex": "Let two of the sides of the triangle $ABC$ be produced, and a circle described touching the two produced sides and the third side.", "markdown": "Let two of the sides of the triangle $ABC$ be produced, and a circle described touching the two produced sides and the third side.", "why": "Defines the excircle by construction, giving the learner a picture to draw before the excircle theorem.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/excircle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-83c76e1a90", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-ii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "12", "location": "OF THE AREA OF A TRIANGLE AND OF THE INSCRIBED CIRCLE", "latex": "This word is often spelled ``\\emph{escribed}'' improperly.", "markdown": "This word is often spelled “*escribed*” improperly.", "why": "A short aside on spelling that rewards a curious reader and explains why the word looks odd.", "use": [ "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/excircle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-d38af63a9f", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-ii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "14", "location": "OF THE AREA OF A TRIANGLE AND OF THE INSCRIBED CIRCLE", "latex": "This most useful proposition was known to the Greeks of Alexandria, and by them communicated to the Arabians", "markdown": "This most useful proposition was known to the Greeks of Alexandria, and by them communicated to the Arabians", "why": "Places the mean-proportional result in history, showing that a formula taught today has a long lineage.", "use": [ "history" ], "concepts": [ "theorem/triangle-area-as-a-mean-proportional" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-e56315ac0d", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-ii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "14", "location": "OF THE AREA OF A TRIANGLE AND OF THE INSCRIBED CIRCLE", "latex": "whence the area can be calculated in square units when the lengths of the sides are given numerically in units.", "markdown": "whence the area can be calculated in square units when the lengths of the sides are given numerically in units.", "why": "Tells the learner the practical purpose of the result: finding a triangle's area from its three side lengths.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "quantity/area", "theorem/heron-s-formula" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-a4e77e2c7a", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-ii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "12", "location": "OF THE AREA OF A TRIANGLE AND OF THE INSCRIBED CIRCLE", "latex": "\\text{Then, numerically, the Area} = rs.", "markdown": "Then, numerically, the Area = rs.", "why": "Gives the compact numerical form of the area, linking the geometric statement to the symbols s and r a learner will compute with.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "quantity/area", "quantity/radius", "quantity/semi-perimeter" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-5cd5566dd9", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "15", "location": "OF SYMBOLS OF QUANTITY", "latex": "In Euclid an angle is not defined as a magnitude but as the inclination of two lines, which never exceeds two right angles: and in most of the propositions in Euclid it is not necessary to treat an angle otherwise than as a change of direction of a line.", "markdown": "In Euclid an angle is not defined as a magnitude but as the inclination of two lines, which never exceeds two right angles: and in most of the propositions in Euclid it is not necessary to treat an angle otherwise than as a change of direction of a line.", "why": "It shows that the modern wide meaning of angle is a deliberate extension of Euclid's narrower definition, which helps a learner see why the word changes sense.", "use": [ "lesson", "history" ], "concepts": [ "person/euclid", "quantity/angle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-9a5ae2c8af", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "15", "location": "OF SYMBOLS OF QUANTITY", "latex": "So also in Trigonometry, where angular magnitude in general is treated numerically, it is desirable to use the term angle for the sum of a number of angles, which may be greater than two or than any number of right angles.", "markdown": "So also in Trigonometry, where angular magnitude in general is treated numerically, it is desirable to use the term angle for the sum of a number of angles, which may be greater than two or than any number of right angles.", "why": "It explains in plain words why a trigonometric angle may exceed a full turn, which is the idea learners most often find surprising.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "quantity/angle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-fbd11c40e2", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "15", "location": "OF SYMBOLS OF QUANTITY", "latex": "For instance, if a distance $a$~miles be measured from a fixed point~$O$ along (or parallel to) a given line in a standard direction, say east, to~$A$; and a line~$AB$ be cut off from~$OA$ by measuring from~$A$ in the opposite direction, or westward, a distance $b$~miles, the distance~$OB$ may be said to be $= (a - b)$ miles east of~$O$ not only in the case where $a > b$, but also when $a < b$, if it be agreed to interpret the result as meaning $a - b$ east of~$O$ (or in the standard direction) if $a - b$ is a $+$~number, and $b - a$ miles west of~$O$ (or in the contrary direction), when $a - b$ is a $-$~number.", "markdown": "For instance, if a distance $a$ miles be measured from a fixed point $O$ along (or parallel to) a given line in a standard direction, say east, to $A$; and a line $AB$ be cut off from $OA$ by measuring from $A$ in the opposite direction, or westward, a distance $b$ miles, the distance $OB$ may be said to be $= (a - b)$ miles east of $O$ not only in the case where $a > b$, but also when $a < b$, if it be agreed to interpret the result as meaning $a - b$ east of $O$ (or in the standard direction) if $a - b$ is a $+$ number, and $b - a$ miles west of $O$ (or in the contrary direction), when $a - b$ is a $-$ number.", "why": "A worked distance example that shows how a signed result such as a minus b keeps one formula valid whichever quantity is larger.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/negative-number", "concept/origin", "concept/positive-number", "concept/variable" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-f2a9f1e5f7", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "16", "location": "OF SYMBOLS OF QUANTITY", "latex": "Then the standard direction may be called the~$+$ (or positive) direction, and the contrary direction the~$-$ (or negative) direction.", "markdown": "Then the standard direction may be called the $+$ (or positive) direction, and the contrary direction the $-$ (or negative) direction.", "why": "It gives the plain naming of the two directions that a learner needs before any sign convention can be used.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/negative-direction", "concept/positive-direction", "concept/sign" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-3566689306", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "16", "location": "OF SYMBOLS OF QUANTITY", "latex": "Again, with reference to angles, if the hand of a going clock be put back through an angle~$\\theta$, then, after the time during which the hand moves through an angle~$\\phi$, the hand will make an angle $\\theta - \\phi$ with its present position, the angle being~$+$ and measured in the opposite way to that in which the hand of the clock moves, if $\\theta > \\phi$; or $-$~and measured in the contrary direction, if $\\theta < \\phi$.", "markdown": "Again, with reference to angles, if the hand of a going clock be put back through an angle $\\theta$, then, after the time during which the hand moves through an angle $\\phi$, the hand will make an angle $\\theta - \\phi$ with its present position, the angle being $+$ and measured in the opposite way to that in which the hand of the clock moves, if $\\theta > \\phi$; or $-$ and measured in the contrary direction, if $\\theta < \\phi$.", "why": "A clock-hand picture makes a signed angle concrete and shows that the sign depends on which way the hand has turned.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/negative-number", "concept/positive-number", "concept/sign", "quantity/angle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-d59dc83555", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "16", "location": "OF SYMBOLS OF QUANTITY", "latex": "In what follows, an angle will be considered as if produced by the revolution of a radius of a circle, the direction of revolution from an initiatory position being considered as $-$~or~$+$ according as it takes place in the direction of the motion of the hand of a clock or the reverse.", "markdown": "In what follows, an angle will be considered as if produced by the revolution of a radius of a circle, the direction of revolution from an initiatory position being considered as $-$ or $+$ according as it takes place in the direction of the motion of the hand of a clock or the reverse.", "why": "It fixes the rotational meaning of angle used for the rest of the chapter, so learners know how the sign of a turn is chosen.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/sign", "quantity/angle", "quantity/radius" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-f8f91f6302", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iv", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "17", "location": "OF THE UNIT OF ANGULAR MAGNITUDE", "latex": "The angle of easiest construction is the angle of an equilateral triangle, which is also two-thirds of a right angle.", "markdown": "The angle of easiest construction is the angle of an equilateral triangle, which is also two-thirds of a right angle.", "why": "It gives learners a concrete angle to picture before any numerical scale is introduced.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "quantity/angle", "quantity/right-angle", "unit/degree-of-angle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-cc4998e7e4", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iv", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "18", "location": "OF THE UNIT OF ANGULAR MAGNITUDE", "latex": "It is called the \\emph{unit of circular measure}, and the ratio of any angle to this unit is called the \\emph{circular measure} of the angle.", "markdown": "It is called the *unit of circular measure*, and the ratio of any angle to this unit is called the *circular measure* of the angle.", "why": "It states plainly that angles can be measured as a ratio to a fixed standard angle, which is the core idea of the chapter.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-measure", "quantity/angle", "unit/radian" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-420d91dc0b", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iv", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "17", "location": "OF THE UNIT OF ANGULAR MAGNITUDE", "latex": "For such reasons perhaps the sexagesimal scale, which has prevailed since the time of Ptolemy\\footnotemark, was originally adopted.", "markdown": "For such reasons perhaps the sexagesimal scale, which has prevailed since the time of Ptolemy, was originally adopted.", "why": "It places the 60-part degree scale in its historical setting and shows that the chapter's conventions have a long history.", "use": [ "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/sexagesimal-system", "person/ptolemy" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-6ab5f52916", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iv", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "19", "location": "OF THE UNIT OF ANGULAR MAGNITUDE", "latex": "Two angles are said to be complements, each of the other, when their sum is a right angle.", "markdown": "Two angles are said to be complements, each of the other, when their sum is a right angle.", "why": "It gives the defining condition for complementary angles in a form learners can test with any pair of angles.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/complementary-angles", "quantity/angle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-5d22d0ea85", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iv", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "17", "location": "OF THE UNIT OF ANGULAR MAGNITUDE", "latex": "The $60$th part of a degree is a minute, denoted by~$1'$, $\\therefore 1° = 60'$.", "markdown": "The $60$th part of a degree is a minute, denoted by $1'$, $\\therefore 1° = 60'$.", "why": "It shows the subdivision rule that links minutes to degrees, which learners need before working with angles given in degrees, minutes and seconds.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "unit/degree-of-angle", "unit/minute-of-arc" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-5c3bea5050", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "20", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "When one magnitude or ratio is so connected with another that the former changes with the latter, but is determinable for any given value of the latter, the former is said to be a function of the latter.", "markdown": "When one magnitude or ratio is so connected with another that the former changes with the latter, but is determinable for any given value of the latter, the former is said to be a function of the latter.", "why": "Gives the learner the general idea of a function before any trigonometric ratio appears.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/function" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-eef9e960ab", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "24", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "The side of the hexagon inscribed is $= R$, and it subtends $\\dfrac{\\pi}{3}$ or~$60°$.", "markdown": "The side of the hexagon inscribed is $= R$, and it subtends $\\dfrac{\\pi}{3}$ or $60°$.", "why": "Shows how a known side of an inscribed regular polygon fixes a sine value, the method the chapter uses throughout.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/regular-polygon", "concept/sine", "quantity/radius" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-9c7c821295", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "23", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "It should be observed that, while the number~$\\theta$ continuously increases, the numbers $\\sin\\theta$, $\\cos\\theta$ pass through a series of values between $+1$~and~$-1$, and return to the same values again for every increase of~$2\\pi$ in the value of~$\\theta$.", "markdown": "It should be observed that, while the number $\\theta$ continuously increases, the numbers $\\sin\\theta$, $\\cos\\theta$ pass through a series of values between $+1$ and $-1$, and return to the same values again for every increase of $2\\pi$ in the value of $\\theta$.", "why": "Explains periodicity in plain terms, so the learner sees why angles beyond 2π reuse values.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/cosine", "concept/periodic-function", "concept/sine" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-4ab36fab10", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "25", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "If $AF$ be measured towards~$T$, it is to be considered~$+$, and $-$,~if in the contrary direction towards~$T'$.", "markdown": "If $AF$ be measured towards $T$, it is to be considered $+$, and $-$, if in the contrary direction towards $T'$.", "why": "Warns that a tangent's sign depends on the direction it is measured, a common source of sign errors.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/tangent-function" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-8f81ec33e7", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "24", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "Since the perpendicular from the centre of a circle on any chord bisects it at right angles, the ratio of the chord to the radius is twice the sine of half the angle subtended by the chord.", "markdown": "Since the perpendicular from the centre of a circle on any chord bisects it at right angles, the ratio of the chord to the radius is twice the sine of half the angle subtended by the chord.", "why": "Connects chords and sines in one clear step, and the reason is stated.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/sine", "quantity/radius" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-fdb188cb69", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "31", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "The seven ratios defined above are altogether independent of the size of the circle described, and depend only on the angle.", "markdown": "The seven ratios defined above are altogether independent of the size of the circle described, and depend only on the angle.", "why": "Tells the learner that a circular function is a property of the angle alone, which is the point of the definition.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-function", "quantity/angle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-527feb98f6", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "32", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "From these equations all the functions can be found, when one has been given.", "markdown": "From these equations all the functions can be found, when one has been given.", "why": "Shows that the identities let every circular function be recovered from any one of them.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-function", "theorem/trigonometric-identity" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-27802618c1", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vi", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "36", "location": "OF LOGARITHMIC TABLES", "latex": "But the inventor of Logarithms was not a Peer, and should not be styled Baron Napier as is often done.", "markdown": "But the inventor of Logarithms was not a Peer, and should not be styled Baron Napier as is often done.", "why": "A short historical correction that gives the learner a human story about who invented logarithms and why his title is misremembered.", "use": [ "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/logarithm", "person/john-napier" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-0a39a94bd9", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vi", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "33", "location": "OF LOGARITHMIC TABLES", "latex": "Logarithms of ordinary numbers may be defined to be numbers, so calculated from the ordinary numbers, that the sum of the logarithms of two numbers is the logarithm of their product.", "markdown": "Logarithms of ordinary numbers may be defined to be numbers, so calculated from the ordinary numbers, that the sum of the logarithms of two numbers is the logarithm of their product.", "why": "Gives the defining property from which every other logarithm rule follows, so a learner sees why logarithms turn multiplication into addition.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/logarithm", "theorem/logarithm-of-a-product" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-88d6482d60", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vi", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "35", "location": "OF LOGARITHMIC TABLES", "latex": "Thus, with tables, the result of multiplication is calculated by adding logarithms, of division by subtracting logarithms, of raising to a power by multiplying a logarithm by a number, of extracting a root by dividing a logarithm 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negative numbers, the tabular logarithms of the circular functions are the common logarithms of these ratios increased by~$10$: which must be remembered in using the tables in calculations.", "markdown": "To avoid the use of negative numbers, the tabular logarithms of the circular functions are the common logarithms of these ratios increased by $10$: which must be remembered in using the tables in calculations.", "why": "Warns the learner that the printed values of trigonometric logarithms carry an offset of 10, a common source of error when using the tables.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-function", "concept/common-logarithm" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-0f54b14a5e", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "37", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "\\First{A triangle} 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"blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-947e75438f", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "44", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "There is also a simple verification of the process afforded by taking the sum of the three angles, which ought to be~$180°$", "markdown": "There is also a simple verification of the process afforded by taking the sum of the three angles, which ought to be $180°$", "why": "It gives learners a self-check for their answers: the three angles must total 180 degrees.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "method/verification", "quantity/angle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-ee412313e9", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-viii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "44", "location": "OF TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEYING", "latex": "In Geodesy, or the application of this part of Trigonometry to surveying, a line, called \\emph{the Base}, is measured between two convenient stations; and the angles between lines from these stations to points visible from the stations are measured with appropriate instruments.", "markdown": "In Geodesy, or the application of this part of Trigonometry to surveying, a line, called *the Base*, is measured between two convenient stations; and the angles between lines from these stations to points visible from the stations are measured with appropriate instruments.", "why": "It states the whole method of a trigonometrical survey in one sentence: measure a base, then measure angles from its ends.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/base-line", "concept/geodesy", "concept/station" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-c2d4ed49ec", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-viii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "45", "location": "OF TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEYING", "latex": "The horizontal angle between two objects is the angle between the vertical planes through the station and each object: it is also called the angle in azimuth.", "markdown": "The horizontal angle between two objects is the angle between the vertical planes through the station and each object: it is also called the angle in azimuth.", "why": "It separates the horizontal angle from the other angle classes, which is the first thing a learner must keep straight in surveying.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/horizontal-angle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-d47d9b8142", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-viii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "46", "location": "OF TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEYING", "latex": "If the angle of elevation of $C$ be likewise measured at either station, the height of~$C$ above that station can be found by solving a right-angled triangle of which the hypotenuse and one of the acute angles are known.", "markdown": "If the angle of elevation of $C$ be likewise measured at either station, the height of $C$ above that station can be found by solving a right-angled triangle of which the hypotenuse and one of the acute angles are known.", "why": "It shows how a single measured angle of elevation and a right-angled triangle give a height that cannot be reached directly.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/angle-of-elevation", "method/solving-a-right-angled-triangle", "quantity/height" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-cf907767c0", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-viii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "45", "location": "OF TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEYING", "latex": "For details of the measurement of a base, and a description of the instruments principally employed in practical surveying, the reader is referred to Professor Rankine's \\textit{Manual of Civil Engineering}, Part~\\osf{1}.", "markdown": "For details of the measurement of a base, and a description of the instruments principally employed in practical surveying, the reader is referred to Professor Rankine’s *Manual of Civil Engineering*, Part 1.", "why": "It shows the book sending the reader to a fuller practical source, which marks the chapter as a theoretical treatment of surveying rather than a manual.", "use": [ "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/base-line", "concept/geodesy" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-7b534d5cff", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-viii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "47", "location": "OF TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEYING", "latex": "Where the extent of the earth's surface surveyed is too great for the above supposition, the calculations have to be corrected for the sphericity of the earth (see books on Spherical Trigonometry), and in very great and very accurate surveys also for the earth's deviation from a perfect sphere.", "markdown": "Where the extent of the earth’s surface surveyed is too great for the above supposition, the calculations have to be corrected for the sphericity of the earth (see books on Spherical Trigonometry), and in very great and very accurate surveys also for the earth’s deviation from a perfect sphere.", "why": "It warns that flat-earth surveying breaks down over large areas, a limit a learner should know before trusting plane formulas.", "use": [ "website", "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/geodesy" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-58ea15f04d", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-ix", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "47", "location": "OF PROJECTIONS", "latex": "\\First{The} point where the perpendicular from a given point on a given plane or a given line meets the plane or line is called the projection (or more precisely the orthogonal projection) of the point on the plane or line.", "markdown": "The point where the perpendicular from a given point on a given plane or a given line meets the plane or line is called the projection (or more precisely the orthogonal projection) of the point on the plane or line.", "why": "Gives the learner the precise definition of a projection as the foot of a perpendicular.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/projection" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-70ac2f58fe", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-ix", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "47", "location": "OF PROJECTIONS", "latex": "It is convenient to take one direction of the line of projection (say from left to right) as the $+$ direction and the opposite as the $-$~direction;", "markdown": "It is convenient to take one direction of the line of projection (say from left to right) as the $+$ direction and the opposite as the $-$ direction;", "why": "Shows the sign convention that lets a projection carry a sign, which the later proofs depend on.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/line-of-projection", "concept/negative-direction", "concept/positive-direction" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-f881adea3e", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-ix", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "48", "location": "OF PROJECTIONS", "latex": "If $BAC$ be acute, $\\cos BAC$ is~$+$, and $A'B'$ is~$+$ and is measured from~$A'$ in the $+$~direction; but if $BAC$ be obtuse, $\\cos BAC$ is~$-$, and $A'B'$ is~$-$ and is measured from~$A'$ in the $-$~direction.", "markdown": "If $BAC$ be acute, $\\cos BAC$ is $+$, and $A'B'$ is $+$ and is measured from $A'$ in the $+$ direction; but if $BAC$ be obtuse, $\\cos BAC$ is $-$, and $A'B'$ is $-$ and is measured from $A'$ in the $-$ direction.", "why": "Explains why the sign of the cosine decides the direction of a projection, which is the point learners most often get wrong.", "use": [ "lesson", "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/cosine", "concept/projection-of-a-line", "theorem/projection-of-a-line-on-a-line" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-9275af9721", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-ix", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "48", "location": "OF PROJECTIONS", "latex": "The projection of a broken line is the algebraic sum of the projections of the parts of which it is made up.", "markdown": "The projection of a broken line is the algebraic sum of the projections of the parts of which it is made up.", "why": "States in one sentence why projections of pieces can be added with their signs, a result that simplifies many problems.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/algebraic-sum", "concept/broken-line", "theorem/projection-of-a-broken-line" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-112f3e089e", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-ix", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "48", "location": "OF PROJECTIONS", "latex": "both in the case where all these projections are~$+$ and also where, as in the figure, $B'C'$~is~$-$.", "markdown": "both in the case where all these projections are $+$ and also where, as in the figure, $B'C'$ is $-$.", "why": "Warns that the sum rule still holds when one projection is negative, so learners should not assume all parts point the same way.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/negative-direction", "theorem/projection-of-a-broken-line" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-3caf928c41", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-x", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "50", "location": "THE SINE AND COSINE OF THE SUM AND DIFFERENCE OF TWO ANGLES", "latex": "The four expressions for $\\sin (\\theta ± \\phi)$ and $\\cos (\\theta ± \\phi)$ are true for all values of $\\theta$~and~$\\phi$, though 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They form the fundamental formulæ of Analytical Trigonometry.", "markdown": "The four expressions for $\\sin (\\theta ± \\phi)$ and $\\cos (\\theta ± \\phi)$ are true for all values of $\\theta$ and $\\phi$, though the diagrams suppose the angles all acute. They form the fundamental formulæ of Analytical Trigonometry.", "why": "It tells the learner that the four formulae hold for all angles, not only acute ones, even though the diagrams show acute angles.", "use": [ "lesson", "history" ], "concepts": [ "theorem/cosine-of-the-difference-of-two-angles", "theorem/cosine-of-the-sum-of-two-angles", "theorem/sine-of-the-difference-of-two-angles", "theorem/sine-of-the-sum-of-two-angles" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-a829afd06a", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-x", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "49", "location": "THE SINE AND COSINE OF THE SUM AND DIFFERENCE OF TWO ANGLES", "latex": "Then $\\theta + \\phi$ is the circular measure of~$ACD$.", "markdown": "Then $\\theta + \\phi$ is the circular measure of $ACD$.", "why": "It shows that angles add by adding their circular measures, which is the step the whole derivation depends on.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-measure", "theorem/sine-of-the-sum-of-two-angles" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-3ffa55dd66", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-x", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "50", "location": "THE SINE AND COSINE OF THE SUM AND DIFFERENCE OF TWO ANGLES", "latex": "Then $\\theta - \\phi =$ circular measure of $ACD$.", "markdown": "Then $\\theta - \\phi =$ circular measure of $ACD$.", "why": "It gives the matching step for the difference formulae, so a learner can see that subtraction of measures is handled the same way as addition.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-measure", "theorem/sine-of-the-difference-of-two-angles" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-6d26e2b2db", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-x", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "51", "location": "THE SINE AND COSINE OF THE SUM AND DIFFERENCE OF TWO ANGLES", "latex": "To shew that, when the difference between $R$~and~$r$ is small, the limit of each radius is very nearly $= \\dfrac{1}{3}(r + 2R)$.", "markdown": "To shew that, when the difference between $R$ and $r$ is small, the limit of each radius is very nearly $= \\dfrac{1}{3}(r + 2R)$.", "why": "It states the appendix's aim, a historical approximation for the common limit of inscribed and circumscribed radii, in the words of the period.", "use": [ "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/limit", "quantity/radius", "theorem/limiting-radius-of-inscribed-and-circumscribed-circles" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/x-44e87e3591", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-x", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "52", "location": "THE SINE AND COSINE OF THE SUM AND DIFFERENCE OF TWO ANGLES", "latex": "So that when, as in the text, $R - r < .00003$ the error in taking the ultimate radius $= \\dfrac{1}{3}(r + 2R)$ is $< \\dfrac{.0000000009}{45r}$ which does not affect the tenth decimal place.", "markdown": "So that when, as in the text, $R - r < .00003$ the error in taking the ultimate radius $= \\dfrac{1}{3}(r + 2R)$ is $< \\dfrac{.0000000009}{45r}$ which does not affect the tenth decimal place.", "why": "It shows how the error bound was used to reach ten decimal places by hand, a vivid picture of nineteenth-century computation.", "use": [ "history", "website" ], "concepts": [ "quantity/radius", "theorem/limiting-radius-of-inscribed-and-circumscribed-circles" ] } ], "equations": [ { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-f24cdb358c", "chapter": 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"symbol": "b", "meaning": "side opposite angle B" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "c", "meaning": "side opposite angle C" } ], "sympy": "Eq(r**2, (s - a)*(s - b)*(s - c)/s)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/inscribed-circle", "quantity/radius", "quantity/semi-perimeter", "theorem/radius-of-the-inscribed-circle-from-the-sides" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-e03b6609e5", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "15", "location": "OF SYMBOLS OF QUANTITY", "latex": "= (a - b)", "name": null, "statement": "The signed position of B relative to O equals a - b miles, read as eastward when a - b is positive and westward when it is negative, so one formula covers both cases of a > b and a < b.", "kind": "rule", "symbols": [ { "unit": "mile", "symbol": "OB", "meaning": "signed distance of B from O along the standard (east) direction" }, { "unit": "mile", "symbol": "a", "meaning": "distance from fixed point O to A along the standard direction" }, { "unit": "mile", "symbol": "b", "meaning": "distance cut off from A in the opposite (westward) direction to reach B" } ], "sympy": "Eq(OB, a - b)", "physics": true, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/algebraic-number", "concept/difference", "concept/negative-direction", "concept/origin", "concept/positive-direction", "quantity/distance" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-61c6a68755", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iv", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "17", "location": "OF THE UNIT OF ANGULAR MAGNITUDE", "latex": "\\therefore 1° = 60'", "name": null, "statement": "A degree is sixty minutes of arc.", "kind": "definition", "symbols": [ { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "°", "meaning": "degree of angle" }, { "unit": "minute", "symbol": "'", "meaning": "minute of arc" } ], "sympy": null, "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/sexagesimal-system", "unit/degree-of-angle", "unit/minute-of-arc" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-081328cd8f", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iv", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "17", "location": "OF THE UNIT OF ANGULAR MAGNITUDE", "latex": "\\therefore 1' = 60''", "name": null, "statement": "A minute of arc is sixty seconds of arc.", "kind": "definition", "symbols": [ { "unit": "minute", "symbol": "'", "meaning": "minute of arc" }, { "unit": "second", "symbol": "''", "meaning": "second of arc" } ], "sympy": null, "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/sexagesimal-system", "unit/minute-of-arc", "unit/second-of-arc" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-81e5fc28a5", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iv", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "18", "location": "OF THE UNIT OF ANGULAR MAGNITUDE", "latex": "1'' = 60'''", "name": null, "statement": "In older books a second of arc is divided sexagesimally into sixtieths, the third-order subdivision.", "kind": "definition", "symbols": [ { "unit": "second", "symbol": "''", "meaning": "second of arc" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "'''", "meaning": "third of arc (sixtieth of a second)" } ], "sympy": null, "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/sexagesimal-system", "unit/second-of-arc" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-3570ea0d60", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iv", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "18", "location": "OF THE UNIT OF ANGULAR MAGNITUDE", "latex": "1''' = 60^\\text{iv}", "name": null, "statement": "In older books the sixtieth of a third of arc is the fourth-order subdivision.", "kind": "definition", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "'''", "meaning": "third of arc" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "^\\text{iv}", "meaning": "fourth-order sexagesimal subdivision of the angle" } ], "sympy": null, "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/sexagesimal-system" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-1777a0cfbf", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iv", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "18", "location": "OF THE UNIT OF ANGULAR MAGNITUDE", "latex": "1^\\text{iv} = 60^\\text{v}", "name": null, "statement": "In older books the sixtieth of a fourth-order subdivision is the fifth-order subdivision.", "kind": "definition", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "^\\text{iv}", "meaning": "fourth-order sexagesimal subdivision of the angle" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "^\\text{v}", "meaning": "fifth-order sexagesimal subdivision of the angle" } ], "sympy": null, "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/sexagesimal-system" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-ae67d7b780", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iv", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "19", "location": "OF THE UNIT OF ANGULAR MAGNITUDE", "latex": "\\theta = \\frac{AB}{AC} = \\frac{AB}{R}", "name": null, "statement": "The circular measure of an angle equals the arc subtending it at the centre divided by the radius, since the unit angle subtends an arc equal to the radius.", "kind": "definition", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "θ", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle AOB" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "AB", "meaning": "arc subtending the angle AOB at the centre" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "AC", "meaning": "arc subtending the unit angle AOC, equal to the radius" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "R", "meaning": "radius OA of the circle" } ], "sympy": "Eq(theta, AB/R)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-measure", "quantity/angle", "quantity/arc-of-a-circle", "quantity/radius", "unit/radian" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-710183bf7c", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iv", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "19", "location": "OF THE UNIT OF ANGULAR MAGNITUDE", "latex": "AB = R\\theta", "name": null, "statement": "The arc subtending an angle at the centre equals the radius times the circular measure of the angle.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "AB", "meaning": "arc subtending the angle AOB at the centre" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "R", "meaning": "radius of the circle" }, { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "θ", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle" } ], "sympy": "Eq(AB, R*theta)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-measure", "quantity/arc-of-a-circle", "quantity/radius" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-00ded65979", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iv", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "19", "location": "OF THE UNIT OF ANGULAR MAGNITUDE", "latex": "\\frac{AB}{R} = \\frac{A'B'}{R'}", "name": null, "statement": "The ratio of an arc to its radius is the same for any circle, because the same angle subtends both arcs.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "AB", "meaning": "arc subtending an angle at the centre of the first circle" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "R", "meaning": "radius of the first circle" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "A'B'", "meaning": "arc subtending the same angle at the centre of the second circle" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "R'", "meaning": "radius of the second circle" } ], "sympy": "Eq(AB/R, ApBp/Rp)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-measure", "quantity/arc-of-a-circle", "quantity/radius" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-07b37c0fc2", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iv", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "19", "location": "OF THE UNIT OF ANGULAR MAGNITUDE", "latex": "\\frac{\\frac{1}{4} \\text{ circumference}}{R} = \\frac{\\pi}{2}", "name": null, "statement": "The circular measure of a right angle is a quarter of the circumference divided by the radius, which equals pi over two.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "R", "meaning": "radius of the circle" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "π", "meaning": "ratio of the circumference to the diameter" } ], "sympy": null, "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-measure", "quantity/circumference", "quantity/pi", "quantity/radius", "quantity/right-angle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-174c0099f0", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iv", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "19", "location": "OF THE UNIT OF ANGULAR MAGNITUDE", "latex": "= \\frac{180°}{\\pi}", "name": null, "statement": "The number of degrees in one unit of circular measure is 180 degrees divided by pi.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "π", "meaning": "ratio of the circumference to the diameter" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "°", "meaning": "degree of angle" } ], "sympy": null, "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-measure", "quantity/pi", "unit/degree-of-angle", "unit/radian" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-72c1018539", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iv", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "19", "location": "OF THE UNIT OF ANGULAR MAGNITUDE", "latex": "\\theta > \\dfrac{\\pi}{2}", "name": null, "statement": "When the angle exceeds a right angle in circular measure, its complement is negative and measured in the negative direction.", "kind": "rule", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "θ", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle" } ], "sympy": "Gt(theta, pi/2)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-measure", "concept/complementary-angles", "concept/negative-direction", "quantity/right-angle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-fb2ea2fe2a", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-iv", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "19", "location": "OF THE UNIT OF ANGULAR MAGNITUDE", "latex": "\\theta > \\pi", "name": null, "statement": "When the angle exceeds two right angles in circular measure, its supplement is negative and measured in the negative direction.", "kind": "rule", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "θ", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle" } ], "sympy": "Gt(theta, pi)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-measure", "concept/negative-direction", "concept/supplementary-angles" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-2ee5101c5c", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "21", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\sin\\theta = \\dfrac{BD}{R}", "name": null, "statement": "The sine of the angle AOB is the perpendicular BD from the end of the arc onto the initial line OA, divided by the radius.", "kind": "definition", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle AOB" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "BD", "meaning": "perpendicular from B onto the initial line OA" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "R", "meaning": "radius of the circle" } ], "sympy": "Eq(sin(theta), BD/R)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-function", "concept/circular-measure", "concept/sine" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-b78f2b353e", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "21", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\cos\\theta = \\sin\\left(\\frac{\\pi}{2} - \\theta\\right).", "name": null, "statement": "The cosine of an angle is the sine of its complement.", "kind": "identity", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle AOB" } ], "sympy": "Eq(cos(theta), sin(pi/2 - theta))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/complementary-angles", "concept/cosine", "concept/sine" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-2b466fdea5", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "21", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\sin\\theta = \\cos\\left(\\frac{\\pi}{2} - \\theta\\right).", "name": null, "statement": "The sine of an angle is the cosine of its complement.", "kind": "identity", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle AOB" } ], "sympy": "Eq(sin(theta), cos(pi/2 - theta))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/complementary-angles", "concept/cosine", "concept/sine" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-bcc06dae35", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "21", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\cos\\theta = \\sin COB = \\frac{BE}{R} = \\frac{OD}{R}.", "name": null, "statement": "The cosine of the angle AOB equals the sine of its complement COB, which in the diagram is the ratio OD to the radius.", "kind": "definition", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle AOB" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "OD", "meaning": "projection of OB onto the initial line OA" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "R", "meaning": "radius of the circle" } ], "sympy": "Eq(cos(theta), OD/R)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-function", "concept/complementary-angles", "concept/cosine" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-7f87858dba", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "22", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\sin\\theta &= \\sin(2m\\pi + \\theta);", "name": null, "statement": "Adding a whole number multiple of 2π to the angle leaves the sine unchanged.", "kind": "identity", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "m", "meaning": "any whole number" } ], "sympy": "Eq(sin(theta), sin(2*m*pi + theta))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/periodic-function", "concept/sine" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-7bdb332822", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "22", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\cos\\theta &= \\cos(2m\\pi + \\theta).", "name": null, "statement": "Adding a whole number multiple of 2π to the angle leaves the cosine unchanged.", "kind": "identity", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "m", "meaning": "any whole number" } ], "sympy": "Eq(cos(theta), cos(2*m*pi + theta))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/cosine", "concept/periodic-function" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-908c8bb301", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "23", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\sin(-\\theta) &= -\\sin\\theta;", "name": null, "statement": "The sine of the negative of an angle is the negative of its sine.", "kind": "identity", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle" } ], "sympy": "Eq(sin(-theta), -sin(theta))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/negative-direction", "concept/sine" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-787c1b8b8d", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "23", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\cos(-\\theta) &= +\\cos\\theta.", "name": null, "statement": "The cosine of the negative of an angle equals the cosine of the angle.", "kind": "identity", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle" } ], "sympy": "Eq(cos(-theta), cos(theta))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/cosine", "concept/negative-direction" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-4a098e8ee6", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "23", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\cos(\\pi - \\theta) &= -\\cos\\theta;", "name": null, "statement": "The cosine of π minus an angle is the negative of the cosine of the angle.", "kind": "identity", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle" } ], "sympy": "Eq(cos(pi - theta), -cos(theta))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/cosine", "concept/supplementary-angles" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-9f3481315a", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "25", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\tan\\theta = \\frac{AF}{R} \\text{ and } AF = R\\tan\\theta.", "name": null, "statement": "The tangent of an angle is the length AF cut off on the tangent at the initial end of the arc, divided by the radius.", "kind": "definition", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle AOB" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "AF", "meaning": "part of the tangent at A intercepted by the radius produced" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "R", "meaning": "radius of the circle" } ], "sympy": "Eq(tan(theta), AF/R)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-function", "concept/tangent", "concept/tangent-function" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-889fd6d24e", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "28", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\tan(-\\theta) = -\\tan\\theta; \\text{ and } \\cot(-\\theta) = -\\cot\\theta.", "name": null, "statement": "The tangent and cotangent of the negative of an angle are the negatives of those of the angle.", "kind": "identity", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle" } ], "sympy": "Eq(tan(-theta), -tan(theta))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/cotangent", "concept/negative-direction", "concept/tangent-function" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-8ef7675e75", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "28", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\tan(\\pi - \\theta) = -\\tan\\theta; \\quad \\cot(\\pi - \\theta) = -\\cot\\theta.", "name": null, "statement": "For supplementary angles the tangent and cotangent are equal in size and opposite in sign.", "kind": "identity", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle" } ], "sympy": "Eq(tan(pi - theta), -tan(theta))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/cotangent", "concept/supplementary-angles", "concept/tangent-function" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-e9acdf5af5", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "26", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\cot\\theta = \\frac{CG}{R} \\text{ and } CG = R\\cot\\theta.", "name": null, "statement": "The cotangent of an angle is the length CG cut off on the tangent at C to the arc of the complement, divided by the radius.", "kind": "definition", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle AOB" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "CG", "meaning": "part of the tangent at C intercepted by the radius produced" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "R", "meaning": "radius of the circle" } ], "sympy": "Eq(cot(theta), CG/R)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-function", "concept/complementary-angles", "concept/cotangent" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-75bf12b854", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "29", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\sec\\theta = \\frac{OS}{R};\\quad \\cosec\\theta = \\frac{OK}{R};", "name": null, "statement": "The secant and cosecant of an angle are the lengths OS and OK, cut off by the tangent at B, divided by the radius.", "kind": "definition", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle AOB" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "OS", "meaning": "segment of the initial radius produced to meet the tangent at B" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "OK", "meaning": "segment of the line COB produced to meet the tangent at B" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "R", "meaning": "radius of the circle" } ], "sympy": "Eq(sec(theta), OS/R)", 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"blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "32", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\sec^2\\theta = 1 + \\tan^2\\theta\\Add{.}", "name": null, "statement": "The square of the secant equals one plus the square of the tangent.", "kind": "identity", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle" } ], "sympy": "Eq(sec(theta)**2, 1 + tan(theta)**2)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/secant", "concept/tangent-function", "theorem/trigonometric-identity" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-5b753037f6", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "32", "location": "CIRCULAR 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"concept/reciprocal", "concept/secant" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-a3d11a0644", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "32", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\cotan\\theta = \\frac{\\cos\\theta}{\\sin\\theta} &= \\frac{1}{\\tan\\theta}", "name": null, "statement": "The cotangent of an angle is its cosine over its sine, and the reciprocal of its tangent.", "kind": "identity", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle" } ], "sympy": "Eq(cot(theta), cos(theta)/sin(theta))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/cotangent", "concept/tangent-function", "theorem/trigonometric-identity" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-685f1d6298", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "32", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\cosec\\theta &= \\frac{1}{\\sin\\theta}", "name": null, "statement": "The cosecant of an angle is the reciprocal of its sine.", "kind": "identity", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle" } ], "sympy": "Eq(csc(theta), 1/sin(theta))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/cosecant", "concept/reciprocal", "concept/sine" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-8c0da28a70", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "32", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\versin\\theta = 1 - \\cos\\theta\\Add{.}", "name": null, "statement": "The versed sine of an angle equals one minus its cosine.", "kind": "identity", "symbols": [ { "unit": "radian", "symbol": "\\theta", "meaning": "circular measure of the angle" } ], "sympy": "Eq(versin(theta), 1 - cos(theta))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/cosine", "concept/versine" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-fea2f16b85", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "24", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\sin \\frac{\\pi}{4} = \\sin 45° = \\frac{1}{2}\\sqrt{2} = \\cos 45° = \\cos \\frac{\\pi}{4}.", "name": null, "statement": "The sine and cosine of 45° (π/4) both equal √2/2, from the side of the inscribed square.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "\\pi", "meaning": "ratio of circumference to diameter" } ], "sympy": "Eq(sin(pi/4), sqrt(2)/2)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-function", "concept/cosine", "concept/regular-polygon", "concept/sine" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-9f83e647d4", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "24", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\sin \\frac{\\pi}{6} = \\sin 30° = \\frac{1}{2} = \\cos 60° = \\cos \\frac{\\pi}{3}.", "name": null, "statement": "The sine of 30° (π/6) equals one half, from the side of the inscribed hexagon.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "\\pi", "meaning": "ratio of circumference to diameter" } ], "sympy": "Eq(sin(pi/6), Rational(1,2))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-function", "concept/cosine", "concept/regular-polygon", "concept/sine" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-d549076b45", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "24", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\sin \\frac{\\pi}{3} = \\sin 60° = \\frac{1}{2}\\sqrt{3} = \\cos 30° = \\cos \\frac{\\pi}{6}.", "name": null, "statement": "The sine of 60° (π/3) equals √3/2, from the side of the inscribed equilateral triangle.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "\\pi", "meaning": "ratio of circumference to diameter" } ], "sympy": "Eq(sin(pi/3), sqrt(3)/2)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-function", "concept/cosine", "concept/regular-polygon", "concept/sine" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-c88ca72782", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-v", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "24", "location": "CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS, OR TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS", "latex": "\\sin \\frac{\\pi}{10} = \\sin 18° = \\dfrac{\\sqrt{5} - 1}{4} = \\cos \\frac{4\\pi}{10} = \\cos 72°.", "name": null, "statement": "The sine of 18° (π/10) equals (√5 − 1)/4, from the side of the inscribed regular decagon.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "\\pi", "meaning": "ratio of circumference to diameter" } ], "sympy": "Eq(sin(pi/10), (sqrt(5) - 1)/4)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/circular-function", "concept/cosine", "concept/regular-polygon", "concept/sine" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-44fcb7bd2e", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vi", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "33", "location": "OF LOGARITHMIC TABLES", "latex": "\\log m - \\log n = \\log(m ÷ n)", "name": null, "statement": "The difference of the logarithms of two numbers is the logarithm of their quotient.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "m", "meaning": "a number" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "n", "meaning": "a number" } ], "sympy": "Eq(log(m) - log(n), log(m/n))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/logarithm", "theorem/logarithm-of-a-quotient" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-48c221fe6c", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vi", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "33", "location": "OF LOGARITHMIC TABLES", "latex": "\\log m + \\log n = \\log (m × n)", "name": null, "statement": "The sum of the logarithms of two numbers is the logarithm of their product.", "kind": "definition", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "m", "meaning": "a number" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "n", "meaning": "a number" } ], "sympy": "Eq(log(m) + log(n), log(m*n))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/logarithm", "theorem/logarithm-of-a-product" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-401be09736", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vi", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "34", "location": "OF LOGARITHMIC TABLES", "latex": "\\log 1 = 0", "name": null, "statement": "The logarithm of 1 is zero.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [], "sympy": "Eq(log(1), 0)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/logarithm", "theorem/logarithm-of-1-is-zero" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-cf316b3734", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vi", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "34", "location": "OF LOGARITHMIC TABLES", "latex": "\\log n^x = x \\log n", "name": null, "statement": "The logarithm of a power of n equals the exponent times the logarithm of n, for integer or fractional exponent x.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "n", "meaning": "a number" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "x", "meaning": "an exponent, integer or fraction" } ], "sympy": "Eq(log(n**x), x*log(n))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/exponent", "concept/logarithm", "theorem/logarithm-of-a-power" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-9535ca31a5", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vi", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "34", "location": "OF LOGARITHMIC TABLES", "latex": "\\log n^p = p \\log n", "name": null, "statement": "For an integer p, the logarithm of n raised to the power p is p times the logarithm of n.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "n", "meaning": "a number" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "p", "meaning": "an integer exponent" } ], "sympy": "Eq(log(n**p), p*log(n))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/exponent", "concept/logarithm", "theorem/logarithm-of-a-power" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-85b58e3c73", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vi", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "34", "location": "OF LOGARITHMIC TABLES", "latex": "\\log n^{\\tfrac{p}{q}} = \\frac{p}{q} × \\log n", "name": null, "statement": "The logarithm of n raised to a fractional power p/q is p/q times the logarithm of n.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "n", "meaning": "a number" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "p", "meaning": "numerator of the fractional exponent" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "q", "meaning": "denominator of the fractional exponent" } ], "sympy": "Eq(log(n**(p/q)), (p/q)*log(n))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/exponent", "concept/logarithm", "theorem/logarithm-of-a-power" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-a3b4ebd3b9", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vi", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "34", "location": "OF LOGARITHMIC TABLES", "latex": "\\log_a n = x, \\text{ when } a^x = n", "name": null, "statement": "The logarithm of n to base a is the number x such that a raised to the power x equals n.", "kind": "definition", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "a", "meaning": "the base of the system of logarithms" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "n", "meaning": "a number" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "x", "meaning": "the logarithm of n to base a" } ], "sympy": "Eq(log(n, a), x)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/base-of-a-logarithm-system", "concept/logarithm" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-566f2e71f9", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vi", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "34", "location": "OF LOGARITHMIC TABLES", "latex": "\\log 10 = 1", "name": null, "statement": "The common logarithm of 10 is 1, since common logarithms have base 10.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [], "sympy": "Eq(log(10), 1)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/base-of-a-logarithm-system", "concept/common-logarithm", "concept/logarithm" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-928bc05ad1", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vi", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "35", "location": "OF LOGARITHMIC TABLES", "latex": "\\log (10^m × n) &= m + \\log n", "name": null, "statement": "Multiplying a number by a power of 10 adds that integer power to its logarithm, changing only the characteristic.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "m", "meaning": "an integer power of 10" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "n", "meaning": "a number" } ], "sympy": "Eq(log(10**m*n), m + log(n))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/characteristic", "concept/common-logarithm", "theorem/logarithm-of-a-product" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-e58183508e", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vi", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be 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"blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "39", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "\\log a = \\tab\\log\\sin A - (\\tab\\log\\sin C - \\log c)", "name": null, "statement": "The common logarithm of side a equals log sin A minus (log sin C minus log c), giving the third side once the angles are known.", "kind": "formula", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "a", "meaning": "side BC, opposite angle A" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "A", "meaning": "angle at A" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "C", "meaning": "angle at C" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "c", "meaning": "side AB, opposite angle C" } ], "sympy": "Eq(log(a, 10), log(sin(A), 10) - (log(sin(C), 10) - log(c, 10)))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/common-logarithm", "method/solving-a-triangle", "theorem/law-of-sines" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-869d782d87", "chapter": 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"unit": "degree", "symbol": "A_1", "meaning": "third angle for the first solution of the ambiguous case" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "B_1", "meaning": "acute value of B" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "C", "meaning": "angle at C" } ], "sympy": "Eq(A_1, 180 - (B_1 + C))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/ambiguous-case", "concept/triangle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-82d3448656", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "40", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "A_2 = 180° - (B_2 + C)", "name": null, "statement": "With the obtuse value B_2, the third angle A_2 is 180 degrees minus B_2 and C.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "A_2", "meaning": "third angle for the second solution of the ambiguous case" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "B_2", "meaning": "obtuse value of B" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "C", "meaning": "angle at C" } ], "sympy": "Eq(A_2, 180 - (B_2 + C))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/ambiguous-case", "concept/triangle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-5a54a7477d", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "40", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "\\log a_1 = \\tab\\log\\sin A_1 - (\\tab\\log\\sin C - \\log c)", "name": null, "statement": "Common logarithm of the third side a_1 for the first solution of the ambiguous case.", "kind": "formula", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "a_1", "meaning": "third side for the first solution" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "A_1", "meaning": "third angle for the first solution" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "C", "meaning": "angle at C" }, 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to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "41", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "FBE = \\dfrac{1}{2}(A - B)", "name": null, "statement": "The angle FBE is half the difference of A and B.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "FBE", "meaning": "angle at B in the construction" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "A", "meaning": "angle at A" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "B", "meaning": "angle at B" } ], "sympy": "Eq(FBE, (A - B)/2)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/half-angle", "quantity/angle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-3cd5988404", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "41", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "\\frac{a+b}{\\cos\\dfrac{1}{2}(A - B)} = \\frac{c}{\\cos\\dfrac{1}{2}(A + B)}", "name": null, "statement": "The sum of 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to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "41", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "\\frac{a-b}{\\sin\\dfrac{1}{2}(A - B)} = \\frac{c}{\\sin\\dfrac{1}{2}(A + B)}", "name": null, "statement": "The difference a-b over the sine of half the difference of the opposite angles equals c over the sine of half their sum.", "kind": "formula", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "a", "meaning": "side BC, opposite angle A" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "b", "meaning": "side CA, opposite angle B" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "c", "meaning": "side AB, opposite angle C" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "A", "meaning": "angle at A" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "B", "meaning": "angle at B" } ], "sympy": "Eq((a - b)/sin((A - B)/2), c/sin((A + B)/2))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/half-angle", "concept/sine", "method/solving-a-triangle-from-two-sides-and-the-included-angle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-3e319aa0a6", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "41", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "\\frac{\\tan\\dfrac{1}{2}(A - B)}{\\tan\\dfrac{1}{2}(A + B)} = \\frac{a - b}{a + b}", "name": null, "statement": "The ratio of the tangents of half the difference and half the sum of two angles equals (a-b)/(a+b); the tangent formula for two sides and the included angle.", "kind": "formula", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "a", "meaning": "side BC, opposite angle A" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "b", "meaning": "side CA, opposite angle B" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "A", "meaning": "angle at A" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "B", "meaning": "angle at B" } ], "sympy": "Eq(tan((A - B)/2)/tan((A + B)/2), (a - b)/(a + b))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/tangent-function", 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"blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "42", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "\\tab\\log\\tan \\frac{1}{2} (A - B) = \\tab\\log\\tan \\frac{1}{2} (A + B) \\\\ + \\log (a - b) - \\log (a + b)", "name": null, "statement": "The common logarithm of tan of half the difference of A and B equals the common logarithm of tan of half their sum, plus log(a-b) minus log(a+b); determines the acute angle (A-B)/2.", "kind": "formula", "symbols": [ { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "A", "meaning": "angle at A" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "B", "meaning": "angle at B" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "a", "meaning": "side BC, opposite angle A" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "b", "meaning": "side CA, opposite angle B" } ], "sympy": "Eq(log(tan((A - B)/2), 10), log(tan((A + B)/2), 10) + log(a - b, 10) - log(a + b, 10))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/common-logarithm", "method/solving-a-triangle-from-two-sides-and-the-included-angle", "theorem/tangent-formula-for-two-sides-and-the-included-angle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-923d7fa2af", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "42", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "A &= \\frac{1}{2} (A + B) + \\frac{1}{2} (A - B)", "name": null, "statement": "Angle A is half the sum of A and B plus half their difference.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "A", "meaning": "angle at A" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "B", "meaning": "angle at B" } ], "sympy": "Eq(A, (A + B)/2 + (A - B)/2)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/half-angle", "quantity/angle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-6b23040ab0", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "42", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "B &= \\frac{1}{2} (A + B) - \\frac{1}{2} (A - B)", "name": null, "statement": "Angle B is half the sum of A and B minus half their difference.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "A", "meaning": "angle at A" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "B", "meaning": "angle at B" } ], "sympy": "Eq(B, (A + B)/2 - (A - B)/2)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/half-angle", "quantity/angle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-a76e6b28a5", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "42", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "\\log c = \\tab\\log\\sin C - (\\tab\\log\\sin A - \\log a)", "name": null, "statement": "The common logarithm of c equals log sin C minus (log sin A minus log a), an alternative route to the third side.", "kind": "formula", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "c", "meaning": "side AB, opposite angle C" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "C", "meaning": "angle at C" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "A", "meaning": "angle at A" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "a", "meaning": "side BC, opposite angle A" } ], "sympy": "Eq(log(c, 10), log(sin(C), 10) - (log(sin(A), 10) - log(a, 10)))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/common-logarithm", "method/solving-a-triangle", "theorem/law-of-sines" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-690664468e", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "42", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "\\log c = \\tab\\log\\cos \\frac{1}{2} (A + B) - \\tab\\log\\cos \\frac{1}{2} (A - B) + \\log (a + b)", "name": null, "statement": "The common logarithm of the third side c equals log cos of half the sum minus log cos of half the difference, plus log(a+b).", "kind": "formula", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "c", "meaning": "side AB, opposite angle C" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "a", "meaning": "side BC, opposite angle A" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "b", "meaning": "side CA, opposite angle B" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "A", "meaning": "angle at A" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "B", "meaning": "angle at B" } ], "sympy": "Eq(log(c, 10), log(cos((A + B)/2), 10) - log(cos((A - B)/2), 10) + log(a + b, 10))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/common-logarithm", "concept/cosine", "method/solving-a-triangle-from-two-sides-and-the-included-angle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-94001971fb", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "42", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "\\log c = \\tab\\log\\sin \\frac{1}{2} (A + B) - \\tab\\log\\sin \\frac{1}{2} (A - B) + \\log (a - b)", "name": null, "statement": "The common logarithm of the third side c equals log sin of half the sum minus log sin of half the difference, plus log(a-b).", "kind": "formula", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "c", "meaning": "side AB, opposite angle C" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "a", "meaning": "side BC, opposite angle A" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "b", "meaning": "side CA, opposite angle B" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "A", "meaning": "angle at A" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "B", "meaning": "angle at B" } ], "sympy": "Eq(log(c, 10), log(sin((A + B)/2), 10) - log(sin((A - B)/2), 10) + log(a - b, 10))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/common-logarithm", "concept/sine", "method/solving-a-triangle-from-two-sides-and-the-included-angle" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-abc3e60521", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "43", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "a + b + c = 2s", "name": null, "statement": "The sum of the three sides is twice s, which is defined as half the perimeter.", "kind": "definition", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "a", "meaning": "side BC" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "b", "meaning": "side CA" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "c", "meaning": "side AB" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "s", "meaning": "half the sum of the sides" } ], "sympy": "Eq(a + b + c, 2*s)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "quantity/perimeter", "quantity/semi-perimeter" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-4e6d6434e1", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "43", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "r = (s - a) \\tan \\frac{1}{2} A", "name": null, "statement": "The inscribed-circle radius r equals (s-a) times the tangent of half A; the same holds with B and C in place of A.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "r", "meaning": "radius of the inscribed circle" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "s", "meaning": "half the sum of the sides" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "a", "meaning": "side BC" }, { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "A", "meaning": "angle at A" } ], "sympy": "Eq(r, (s - a)*tan(A/2))", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/inscribed-circle", "concept/tangent-function", "quantity/semi-perimeter", "theorem/radius-of-the-inscribed-circle-from-the-sides" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-50392e3c58", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "43", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "r^2 = \\frac{(s - a)(s - b)(s - c)}{s}", "name": null, "statement": "The square of the inscribed-circle radius equals (s-a)(s-b)(s-c) divided by s.", "kind": "result", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "r", "meaning": "radius of the inscribed circle" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "s", "meaning": "half the sum of the sides" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "a", "meaning": "side BC" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "b", "meaning": "side CA" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "c", "meaning": "side AB" } ], "sympy": "Eq(r**2, (s - a)*(s - b)*(s - c)/s)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/inscribed-circle", "quantity/semi-perimeter", "theorem/heron-s-formula", "theorem/radius-of-the-inscribed-circle-from-the-sides" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-bea37ab88f", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "43", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "\\log r = \\frac{1}{2} \\bigl\\{ \\log (s - a) + \\log (s - b) + \\log (s - c) - \\log s \\bigr\\}", "name": null, "statement": "The common logarithm of r is half of log(s-a)+log(s-b)+log(s-c)-log s, the logarithmic form for solving a triangle from its three sides.", "kind": "formula", "symbols": [ { "unit": null, "symbol": "r", "meaning": "radius of the inscribed circle" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "s", "meaning": "half the sum of the sides" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "a", "meaning": "side BC" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "b", "meaning": "side CA" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "c", "meaning": "side AB" } ], "sympy": "Eq(log(r, 10), (log(s - a, 10) + log(s - b, 10) + log(s - c, 10) - log(s, 10))/2)", "physics": false, "states": [], "concepts": [ "concept/common-logarithm", "method/solving-a-triangle-from-its-three-sides", "theorem/radius-of-the-inscribed-circle-from-the-sides" ] }, { "id": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/eq-1e2ca23c5a", "chapter": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863/ch-vii", "book": "blackburn-elements-plane-trigonometry-1863", "edition": "Macmillan, 1863 (edition to be confirmed from the copy)", "page": "44", "location": "SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES", "latex": "\\tab\\log\\tan \\frac{1}{2} A &= 10 + \\log r - \\log (s - a)", "name": null, "statement": "The common logarithm of tan of half A equals 10 plus log r minus log(s-a), giving angle A from the three sides.", "kind": "formula", "symbols": [ { "unit": "degree", "symbol": "A", "meaning": "angle at A" }, { "unit": null, "symbol": "r", "meaning": 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