INDEX. 



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Acceleration, dimensions of 175 



of gravity, formula for 171 



table of values of 169 



Air, cubical expansion, specific heat, thermal 



conductivity, and weight of 172 



Airy, Sir George, treatise cited xcviii 



Albrecht, Dr. Th., treatise cited Ixxx 



Algebraic formulas xiii-xv 



Alignment curve 1 vi 



Aluminum, linear expansion of 170 



Ampere, dimensions of 175 



Angles, equivalents in arcs xviii 



sum of, in spheroidal triangle Ivii 



Angular velocity, dimensions of 175 



Annulus, circular, area of xxx 



Antilogarithms, explanation of use of xcix 



4-place table of 26, 27 



Appendix 171-175 



Arcs, equivalents in angles xvii 



of meridians and parallels xlvi-1 



table of lengths of meridional 78-So 



table of lengths of parallel 81 -S3 



table of time equivalents 162 



Are xli 



Area, of circle xxx 



table of values of 23 



of surface of earth 1-lii 



Areas, of continents Ixv 



of oceans Ixv 



of plane and curved surfaces xxix-xxxi 



of zones and quadrilaterals of the 



earth's surface 1-lii 



tables of values of 142-159 



of regular polygons xxx 



Arithmetic means, progression, and series, .xiii 



Astronomical constants 172 



co-ordinates Ixvii 



latitude xliv 



time IxxiJ 



Astronomy Ixvii-lxxxii 



references to works on Ixxxii 



Atmosphere, mass of earth's Ixvi 



standard pressure of 172 



weight of unit of volume of 172 



Average error, definition of Ixxxiv 



Azimuth, astronomical and geodetic Ivii 



computation of differences of Iviii-lxi 



determination of Ixxix 



FAGS 



Babinet, barometric formula of 160 



Barometer, heights by 160 



Binomial series xiv 



Brass, linear expansion of 170 



Brlinnow, F , treatise cited Ixxxii 



Bushel, Winchester xxxv 



equivalent in litres 2 



Cable length xxxviii 



Calorie, value of 172 



Capacity, measures of, British xxxviii 



Metric xli 



Centare xli 



Chauvenet, Wm., treatise cited Ixxxii 



Circumference, of circle xxviii 



table of values of 23 



of earth xlix, 171 



of ellipse xxix 



C. G. S. system of units xlii 



Clarke, General A. R., spheroid of xliii 



treatise cited Ixvi 



Coefficient, of cubical expansion of air and 

 mercury 172 



of linear expansion of metals 170 



of refraction Ixiii 



Compression, of earth xliii 



Computation, of differences of latitude, lon- 

 gitude, and azimuth Iviii 



of mean and probable errors xcv 



Conductivity, thermal, of air 172 



Cone, surface of xxxi 



volume of xxxii 



Constants, astronomical 172 



geodetical 171 



numerical 171 



of earth's spheroid xliv 



Continental measures (table of British and 



Metric equivalents) 168 



Continents, areas of Ixv 



average heights of Ixv 



Conversion, of arcs into angles and angles 



into arcs xvii 



of British and Metric units. . .2, 3, 173, 174 



Co-ordinates, astronomical Ixvii 



for projection of maps liii-lvi 



table of, scale 1/250000 84-91 



table of, scale 1/125000 92-101 



