"Prop. 14. and its corollaries deserve... examination. It is hard to say, by whom they were invented, though... probably by the English; and perhaps corr. 3 & 2. of prop. 29. in spherics, have given rise to them all, as they are to be found in most books of the last age. They are all to be seen in Caswell... Wallace, Newton Univ. Arithm. Geom. Probl. 11. Thos. Simpsons Algebra, Geom. Probl. 15. Dr. Robertsons Navigation, Emerson, and [Benjamin] Martin. The analogy of the prop. in particular, is to be met with in Trigonometria Britannica, [Henry] Sherwins Tables, de la Caille, Dr. Simpson, and Ward."

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