Citations:quinquesect

English citations of quinquesect

Application of Miller's Trisector to the Quinquesection of any Angle "The diagram outlines the Trisector as in the position in which the angle B A L, which may be any angle of less than 225°, is by its aid divided into five equal angles."

Morrison, L. V. "Book Review: Dividing the Circle: The Development of Critical Angular Measurement in Astronomy, 1500-1850 / Ellis Horwood, 1990." 1991Obs...111R.134M Page 134. Accessed April 20, 2016. doi:1991Obs...111R.134M. The Observatory, vol. 111, no. 1102, p. 134 (1991) In reference to quinquesect and quinquesection, "Thus a division interval of 5 can be obtained by repeatedly bisecting the angle..." "It is easier to bisect an angle than it is to trisect or quinquesect it."

Food Consumption of Households in Poverty-Stricken Areas of West China: The Case of Shaanxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou "Sample population is classified by using quinquesection: 20% of the poorest populations are taken as poor households, and 20% of secondary poverty-stricken populations are relatively poor households, etc."

Cavendish, Henry. On an Improvement in the Manner of Dividing Astronomical Instruments. London: Royal Society of London, 1809 "Mr. Cavendish describes three methods of quinquesection, which it would be difficult to render intelligible without reference to he figures which accompany his paper; and he also makes an estimate of the comparative accuracy attainable in bisection, trisection, and quinquesection.