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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. "
Elements of Surveying: Including a Description of the Instruments and the ... - Page 32
by Charles Davies - 1837 - 249 pages
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Elements of Plane Trigonometry

William Smyth - Plane trigonometry - 1834 - 104 pages
...described with equal radii. ' 10. The entire circumference of every circle, whether great or small, is divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, each second into 60 equal parts called thirds, &c....
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An Elementary Treatise on Geometry: Simplified for Beginners Not ..., Part 1

Francis Joseph Grund - Geometry, Plane - 1834 - 204 pages
...arcs of circles, described with any radius between their legs. The circumference is, for this purpose, divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; each minute, again, into 60 equal parts, called seconds, &c. 16. The magnitude of an angle does not...
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Mathematics for Practical Men: Being a Common-place Book of Principles ...

Olinthus Gregory - Mathematics - 1834 - 484 pages
...(See the next figure.) 3. 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....
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On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences

Mary Somerville - Astronomy - 1835 - 532 pages
...axis of the ellipse. NOTE 49. p. 12. Ninety degrees. A circle is divided into 3fiO equal parts, or degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes...and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. It is usual to write these quantities thus, 15° 16' 10'', which means fifteen degrees, sixteen minutes,...
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The Elements of Euclid: Viz. the First Six Books, Together with the Eleventh ...

Euclid - 1835 - 540 pages
...II. The circumference of a 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, &c. A degree is marked thus, ° ; a minute thus, ' ; a second thus,"; and so on: for example, 57°...
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A System of Geometry and Trigonometry: With a Treatise on Surveying; in ...

Abel Flint - Geometry - 1835 - 368 pages
...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 ; and these into thirds, &c. NOTE. Since all circles are divided into the same number of degrees, a...
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A System of Natural Philosophy: In which the Principles of Mechanics ...

John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1835 - 308 pages
...another constellation, and neai the star a. Each of the 12 signs of the zodiac is divided into 30 smaller parts, called degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into GO parts, called seconds. The division of the zodiac into signs, is of very ancient date, each sign...
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A System of Natural Philosophy, in which the Principles of Mechanics ...

John Lee Comstock - 1835 - 308 pages
...another constellation, and neai the star a. Each of the 12 signs of the zodiac is divided into 30 smaller parts, called degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into (50 parts, called seconds. The division of the zodiac into signs, is of very ancient date, each sign...
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A New System of Practical Astronomy: Made Plain and Easy to Those who Have ...

Thomas Spofford - Almanacs, American - 1835 - 84 pages
...from a point within the circle, called the centre. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be 'divided into 360 equal parts called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parls called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. Colurea ; those two meridians...
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Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry

Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1836 - 394 pages
...DIVISION OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE. I. For the purposes of trigonometrical calculation, the cir cumference of the circle is divided into 360 equal parts, called...and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. The semicircumference, or the measure of two right angles, contains 180 degrees ; the quarter of the...
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