 | 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 parts called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes ; and each minute into 60 seconds. Q. What is a meridian ? A. It... | |
 | 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 ยป 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... | |
 | William Philipps - 1817 - 292 pages
...divided into 360 degrees, each of the twelve parts of the Zodiac will contain 30 degrees of the circle ; each degree is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, and so on. The Zodiac takes in a band or belt of stars 1 6 degrees broad,... | |
 | Abel Flint - Deeds - 1818 - 184 pages
...the Circle into two equal parts, called Semicircles ; as AB or DE. Fig 5. 14. 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1818 - 384 pages
...Celestial Sphere. 21 supposed to be extended to the earth, and marked on its surface. Each circle is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree is divided into 60 minutet, and each minute into GO seconds. % If The circles, supposed by Geographers to be described... | |
 | William Hawney - Geometry - 1820 - 336 pages
...measure of the angle DBE aud the arch GH is the measure of the angle ABC. 1*. 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. Angles are... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1821 - 648 pages
...For the purpose of exhibiting arithmetically the magnitude of angles, the whole circumference of the 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. &c. And since... | |
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