 | John Keill - Astronomy - 1726 - 176 pages
...will exhibit the Sine to 15 Places of Figures ; and fo the faid Series are very ufeful for finding the firft and laft Sines of the Quadrant. But the greater the Arc A /'/, the more are the Terms of the Series required to have the Sine in Numbers true to a given Place... | |
 | Francis Holliday - Equations - 1745 - 346 pages
...Sine to 15 Places of Figures, and fo the faid Series are very ufeful for finding the firft and Lift Sines of the Quadrant ; but the greater the Arc A is, the more are the Terms of the Series required to have the Sine in Numbers true to a given Place of Figures... | |
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A /'/, the more are the Terms of the Series required to have the Sine in Numbers true to a given Place of Figures. And then when the Arc is nearly Equal to the Radius, the Series Converges very flow. And therefore, to remedy this, I have devifed other... 