 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1814 - 558 pages
...equal parts, called semicircles; and isdoublethe radius, as AB or DE. fig. 8. 16. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, and each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 °,... | |
 | John Dougall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1815 - 514 pages
...-complement, or shortrv, the co-sine of the ar<j В S. The circumference of the globe of the earth being divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, each degree into 60 equal parts called nantîtes, each minute into OU equal part« called seconds, each second into (Hi equal parts called... | |
 | Nathaniel Dwight - Geography - 1816 - 220 pages
...circles, which divide 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...degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes ; and each minute into 60 seconds. Q. What is a meridian ? A. It is a great circle cutting the equator... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - Plane trigonometry - 1816 - 278 pages
...of the angle ACB. 10. The circumference of a circle is supposed to be divided, or to be divisible, into 360 equal parts, called degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; each of these into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and so on, to the minutest possible subdivisions. Of... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Astronomy - 1816 - 490 pages
...and the equator, we are enabled to judge of the situation of the place with respect to its latitude. Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and every degree into sixty equal parts, called minutes; so that, from these considerations, you will... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1817 - 306 pages
...measure of the 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...; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. The angles are measured by the number of degrees... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Arithmetic - 1818 - 646 pages
...angle contained by the lines BA and 3D is called the angle BAC BAD or DAB. 67. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called Degrees : and each degree into 60 Minutes, each minute into 60 Seconds, and so on. Hence a semicircle contains... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1818 - 502 pages
...about circles, be supposed to be divided into some assigned number of equal parts. 2. The periphery of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute, into 60 equal parts, called... | |
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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. 
