Excerpt from Mathematical and Astronomical Tables, for the Use of Students of Mathematics, Practical Astronomers, Surveyors, Engineers, and Navigators: With an Introduction, Containing the Explanation and Use of the Tables, Illustrated by Numerous Problems and ExamplesThe application of the mathematical sciences to practical pur poses has of late made great advances in accuracy and precision. The perfection also which astronomical and geod etical operations have reached, and the extreme delicacy of construction to which instruments have been carried, require correspondent improve ments in the methods of computation and reduction, and, there fore, convenient tables of moderate expense must be of great value to those engaged either in the details of practice, or the business of instruction.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.