 | Henry Hopwood - 1846 - 250 pages
...earth into two unequal parts. Every circle, great or small, is supposed, by English mathematicians, to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; each degree is subdivided into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1847 - 368 pages
...estimating latitude and longitude, and also in measuring the motions of the heavenly bodies. Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. TABLE. 60 seconds " make 1 minute, marked... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1847 - 368 pages
...estimating latitude and longitude, and also in measuring the motions of the heavenly bodies. Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. TABLE. 60 seconds " make 1 minute, marked... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit - Plane trigonometry - 1847 - 492 pages
...everywhere equidistant from a certain point within it, called the centre. 39. 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. 40. The... | |
 | James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 pages
...and the diameter for its chord. The half circle FGH is a semicircle. 45. 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... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1848 - 88 pages
...measuring the motions of the heavenly bodies. 2. How is every circle supposed to be divided ? Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. 3. Repeat the table. TABLE. 60 seconds "... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1848 - 320 pages
...stands at the angular point being always to be read in the middle. CD B *47. 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 so on. 48. The measure of any right-lined angle is an arc... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1849 - 184 pages
...measuring the motions of the heavenly bodies. 2. How is every circle supposed to be divided ? Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. Solid, or Cubic Measure. 1. For what is Solid,... | |
 | Rufus Putnam - Arithmetic - 1849 - 276 pages
...circle bounded by a diameter and a semicircle ; as, the surface FHK. 45. 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. Hence, a... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1850 - 412 pages
...236, the number of days required ; and so of others. DIVISION OF THE CIRCLE MEASURE OF TIME. 40. 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. For astronomical... | |
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