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Eccentricity of the Sextant by Frederic Furbish, 1893

Eccentricity of the Sextant by Frederic Furbish, 1893, Page 118

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[page][illegible][/page] [items listed left to right by section?] [aa] [ab] [ac] [an] [as] log [aa] log [ab] log [ac] log [an] log [as] ----------------------------------- [bb] [bc] [bn] [bs] log ([ab]/[aa]) [??log or no log??:] ((ab)/(aa))[ab] ((ab)/(aa))[ac] ((ab)/(aa))[an] ((ab)/(aa))[as] ----------------------------------- [bb * 1] [bc * 1] [bn * 1] [bs * 1] Check sum. log [bb * 1] log [bc * 1] log [bn * 1] log [bs * 1] ----------------------------------- [cc] [cn] [cs] log ([ac]/[aa]) [??log or no log??:] ((ac)/(aa))[ac] ((ac)/(aa))[an] ((ac)/(aa))[as] ----------------------------------- [cc * 1] [cn * 1] [cs * 1] Check Sum. log ([bc * 1]/[bb * 1]) ((bc * 1)/(bb * 1))[bc * 1] ((bc * 1)/(bb * 1))[bn * 1] ((bc * 1)/(bb * 1))[bs * 1] ----------------------------------- [cc * 2] [cn * 2] [cs * 2] Check Sum. log ([cn * 2]/[cc * 2]) log (cc * 2) log (cn * 2) The checks on the work are,- (bs * 1) = (bb * 1) + (bc * 1) + (bn * 1) (cs * 1) = (bc * 1) + (cc * 1) + (cn * 1) (cs * 2) = (cc * 2) + (cn * 2) . Applying this formula to [illegible?]our[/illegible?] normals we proceed as follows. Substituting the values of [aa], [ab] etc. in the first line we have.- (See next page)
 
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