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Notice of Fundamental Tables in Trigonometry and Astronomy, arranged according to the Decimal Division of the Quadrant
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2014
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In January of 1878, there was laid on the Society's table the Canon of Sines to each fifth minute of the decimal division of the quadrant, computed to thirty-three for thirty places; along with a detailed record of every step in the process. During the years 1880–81, this work was continued for each single minute, but only to eighteen- for fifteen places, and the record thereof to fifteen places is now submitted. When the rejected figures were from 497 to 503 a mark of interrogation is recorded, and it is believed that not a single error exists in the work. The arrangement of the sines with their first and second differences in position enables us instantly to detect an error.
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