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 ; and these into thirds, etc. The shipwright's vade-mecum [by D. Steel]. - Page 25by David Steel - 1805Full view - About this book
| Abel Flint - Surveying - 1830 - 322 pages
...centre; and it divides 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... | |
| George Crabb - Industrial arts - 1830 - 438 pages
...centre to the circumference; the segment of a circle is a part cut off by a liue called the chord. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, every degree into 60 parts called minutes, and every minute into 60 parts... | |
| Alexander Ingram - Mathematics - 1830 - 458 pages
...angle, the sector is called a Quadrant; and if half a right angle, it is called an Octant. NOTE 2. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and a degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and a minute into 60... | |
| Ira Wanzer - Arithmetic - 1831 - 408 pages
...or 360 degrces,= {he ^. Note 1. — This table is used by Astronomers, Navigators, &c. Note 2. — The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; each minute into 60... | |
| George Crabb - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 426 pages
...centre to the circumference; the segment of a circle is a part cut ofl' by a line called the chord. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, every degree into 60 parts, called minutes, and every minute into 60 parts,... | |
| William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1832 - 366 pages
...the other two on the two sides, D that which stands at the angular point is read in (he middle. 57. 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.... | |
| Abel Flint - Geometry - 1835 - 368 pages
...centre ; and it divides 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... | |
| Thomas Spofford - Almanacs, American - 1835 - 84 pages
...every part of the circumference ia equally distant 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... | |
| William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1836 - 384 pages
...other two on the two sides, that which stands at the angular point is read in the middle. Thus DAE. 57. 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.... | |
| Hugh Murray - Commercial geography - 1837 - 612 pages
...sphere, 7916 miles in diameter, and consequently nearly 24,870 miles in circumference. In geometry, the circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each of these into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and so on. A degree,... | |
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