"Cosine" Quotes from Famous Books
... said our informant, a good enough fellow, and one not prone to be violently startled, "he scared me, as he flitted past. His eyes were like saucers, his hair wet and streaming behind him, his face white as a chalk-mark on Professor Cosine's blackboard. Depend on it, that boy's either going mad or has got into ... — Atlantic Monthly Vol. 6, No. 33, July, 1860 • Various
... fall the line C E perpendicular to the radius O A, this line will divide the radius O A into two parts, O E and E A. Now we have the three interior lines, or the three lines within the circle, which are fundamental in trigonometry. C E is the sine, O E is the cosine, and E A is the versed sine of the angle A O C. Respecting these three lines there are many things to be observed. I will call your attention ... — Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XXI., No. 531, March 6, 1886 • Various |