The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Tangents

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A right line which touches a curve at a single point.

Artificial Tangents. The same as logarithmic tangents.

Logarithmic Tangents. Logarithms of the tangents of arc.

Natural Tangents. Tangents of arc expressed by natural numbers.

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