 | John Bonnycastle - Trigonometry - 1806 - 464 pages
...circle contained between its two legs, and having the angular point for its centre. Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; &c. So that... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Navigation - 1810 - 478 pages
...angle aBC and the arc DE is the measure of the angle ABC. (H) The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. The angles are... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Astronomy - 1811 - 388 pages
...beginning of the year 1804, was 13° 14' 43" and its declination 80° "15' 44" north. $ Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes ; each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, &c. ; a degree... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 462 pages
...a circle, contained between the two legs, having the angular point for its centre. Ev.ery circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parti, called minutes $ each minute into' 60 equal parts, called seconds. " An angle... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1814 - 696 pages
...radii, or the longest straight line, that can be drawn in a circle. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 minutes ; each minute into 60 seconds. An arc of a circle is the measure of an angle. Thus... | |
 | John Gummere - Surveying - 1814 - 398 pages
...except the three angles, are given, the others are determined. 2. The periphery of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minnte into 60 equal parts, called seconds, &c. 3. The... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Logarithms - 1815 - 172 pages
...measuring the latter, a circle is introduced. The periphery of every circle, whether great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, each degree into 60 minutes, each minute into 60 second?. each second into 60 thirds, &c. marked with flie characters... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Measurement - 1815 - 388 pages
...measuring the latter, a circle is introduced. The periphery of every circle, whether great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, each degree into 60 minutes, each mintite into 60 seconds? each second into 60 thirds, fkc. marked with the characters... | |
 | Nathaniel Dwight - Geography - 1816 - 220 pages
...it into unequal parts. Q. What are the degrees of a circle ? A. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes ; and each minute into 60 seconds. Q. What is a meridian ? A. It... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1817 - 306 pages
...angle » BE, and the arc G n is the measure of the angle ABC. 14. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. The angles... | |
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The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. 
