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" A chord is a right line drawn from one end of an arc or arch (that is, any part of the circumference of a circle) to the other ; and is the measure of the arc. Thus the right line HG, is the measure of the arc HBG. "
A Treatise of Practical Surveying: Which is Demonstrated from Its First ... - Page 13
by Robert Gibson - 1795 - 319 pages
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An Easy Introduction to Plane Trigonometry: The Application of it to the ...

Caleb Ashworth - Mathematical instruments - 1766 - 214 pages
...circular meafures are reprefented by right linea called chords, right-fines, tangents, &c. DE F. II. A CHORD is a right line drawn from one end of an arc to the other: thus AI (fig. i.) is the chord of the arc AHI, and of А В 1C F I. DE F. III. The RIGHT...
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A System of Geometry and Trigonometry: Together with a Treatise on Surveying ...

Abel Flint - Surveying - 1804 - 226 pages
...an Arch of so many Degrees as it contains parts of 360 into which the whole Circle is divided. 16. A Chord is a Right Line drawn from one end of an Arch to the other, and is the measure of the Arch; as HGis the ChorcTof the Arch HIG. Fig. 6. Note....
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A Treatise of Practical Surveying: Which is Demonstrated from Its First ...

Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1806 - 486 pages
...60 equal parts called seconds, and these into thirds, fourths, &c. these parts being greater or less as the radius is. 19. A chord is a right line drawn...circumference of a circle) to the other ; and is the measure of the arc. Thus the right line HG, is the measure of the arc HBG. fig. 8. 20. The segment...
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A Treatise of Practical Surveying, ...

Robert Gibson - 1808 - 482 pages
...seconds, and these into thirds, fourths, &c. these parts being greater or less as the radius is. 1 9. A chord is a right line drawn from one end of an arc...circumference of a circle) to the other ; and is the measure of the arc. Thus the right line KG, is the measure gf the arc HBG. fig. 8. 20. The segment...
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A System of Geometry and Trigonometry: Together with a Treatise on Surveying ...

Abel Flint - Surveying - 1808 - 190 pages
...an Arch of so many Degrees as it contains parts of 360 into which the whole Circle is divided. 16. A Chord is a Right Line drawn from one end of an Arch to the other, and is the measure of the Arch j; as HG is the Ch'ord of the Arch HIG. Fig. 6. Note....
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The Theory and Practice of Surveying: Containing All the Instructions ...

Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1811 - 580 pages
...seconds, and these into thirds, fourths, &c. these parts being greater or less as the radius is. 17. A chord is a right line drawn from one end of an arc...circumference of a circle) to the other ; and is the measure of the arc. Thus the right line HG, is the measure of the arc HBG. fig. 8. 18. The segment...
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The Columbian Arithmetician: Or New System of Theoretical and Practical ...

Arithmetic - 1811 - 230 pages
...diameter } as, a b. An arch or arc is any part of the circinnference of a circle ; as, ali, or a d. A chord is a right line drawn from one end of an arch to the other ; as, a i. A fine is half the chord of an arch j as, g K Js the fine of .the arch...
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The Theory and Practice of Surveying: Containing All the Instructions ...

Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1814 - 558 pages
...seconds, and tiiese into thirds, fourths, &c. these parts being greater or less as the radius is.17. A chord is a. right line drawn from one end of an...circumference of a circle) to the other; and is the measure of the arc. Thus the right line HG, is the measure of the arc HBG. fig. 8. 18. The segment...
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A System of Geometry and Trigonometry: Together with a Treatise on Surveying ...

Abel Flint - Surveying - 1825 - 252 pages
...of the Circumference of any Circle, without regarding the bigness, of the Circle. GEOMETRY. 11 16. A Chord is a Right Line drawn from one end of an Arch to the other, and is the measure of the Arch ; as HG is the Chord of. the Arch HIG. Fig. 6. Xote....
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The Common School Manual: A Regular and Connected Course of Elementary ...

Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Education - 1828 - 426 pages
...degrees as it includes parts of , the 360, into which the circle is supposed A ' • to be divided. \ 14. A chord is a right line drawn from one end of an arch to the other; and it is tho measure of the arc. As A B. IB NOTE. 1 The chord of an arc of 60 degrees,...
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