| Horatio Gates Spafford - Astronomy - 1809 - 448 pages
...and are commonly parallel to some great one. These are the two tropics, and the two polar circles. Every circle whether great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees; und each degree into 60 equal pans called minutes ; each minute into... | |
| James Smith - Industrial arts - 1815 - 684 pages
...side of the ecliptic all round the heavens. It is divided into 12 equal parts, called signs; and as every circle, whether great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 degrees, each sign of the zodiac contains 30 degrees. Each sign of the zodiac is distinguished... | |
| John Imison - Art - 1822 - 488 pages
...circle is a space comprehended between two radii and an arc, as BI K. (Fig. 19.) 38. The circumference of every circle, whether great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and every degree into 60 parts, called minutes ; and every minute... | |
| John Nicholson (civil engineer.) - Great Britain - 1825 - 1008 pages
...circle is a space comprehended between two nffi and an arc, as B1K (Fig. 19). 49. The circumference of every circle, whether great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degreet ; aw every degree into 60 parts, called minutes . and every minute... | |
| John Nicholson (Civil engineer) - Building - 1830 - 240 pages
...circle is a space comprehended between two radii and an arc, as BIK (Fig. 19). 49. The circumference of every circle, whether great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and every degree into 60 parts, called minutes ; and every minute... | |
| Seth Davis - Arithmetic - 1830 - 206 pages
...1000 miles ? 15. How many inches round the globe, it being 360 degrees ? 634°io688-=-4xlOO=Ans. NOTE. Every circle, whether great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 degrees. If a circle the same bigness of the earth be divided into 360 parts or degrees, each degree... | |
| G. Rubie - Astronomy - 1830 - 204 pages
...two equal parts. A Small Circle is that which divides the Earth or Heavens into two unequal parts. Every Circle, whether great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree is subdivided into 60 equal parts, called minutes... | |
| Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1835 - 816 pages
...of a circle is a space comprehended between two radii and an arc, as oc 6, Fig. T. The circumference of every circle, whether great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and every degree into 60 parts, called minutes ; and every minute... | |
| Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1836 - 814 pages
...a circle is a space comprehended between two radii and an arc, as a с b, Fig. T. The circumference of every circle, whether great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; and every degree into 60 parts, called minutes ; and every minute... | |
| Luther Ainsworth - Arithmetic - 1837 - 306 pages
...within, called the centre. Q. Into how many equal parts is every circle supposed to be divided ? A. Every circle, whether great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees. Each degree is also subdivided into 60 minutes, and each minute into... | |
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