 | Thomas Keith - Navigation - 1810 - 478 pages
...thus the arc *c is the measure of the angle aBC and the arc DE is the measure of the angle ABC. (H) 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 equal parts called seconds. The... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 406 pages
...triangle, the side opposite the right angle is" called the Hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are cal4ed the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular....of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equnl parts, called Degrees : and each degree into 60 Minutes, each minute into 60 Seconds, and so... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1811 - 580 pages
...circumference into two equal parts, called semicircles ; and is double the radius, as AB or DE. fig. 8. m *!6. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be...equal parts called degrees, and each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts caled seconds, and these into thirds,... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 462 pages
...measured by the arcs of a circle, contained between the two legs, having the angular point for its centre. Ev.ery circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parti, called minutes $ each minute into' 60 equal parts, called seconds.... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Astronomy - 1811 - 388 pages
...ascention, for the beginning of the year 1804, was 13° 14' 43" and its declination 80° "15' 44" north. $ 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 equal parts called seconds,... | |
 | Adam Walker - 1812 - 92 pages
...language of geography 59° 56'N. and 30° 24'E.; for every circle, large or small, real or imaginary, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and every degree into 60 parts, called minutes; and every minute into 60 parts, called seconds, marked... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1814 - 558 pages
...circumference into t wo equal parts, called semicircles; and isdoublethe radius, as AB or DE. fig. 8. 16. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be...equal parts called degrees, and each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, and tiiese into thirds,... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1814 - 696 pages
...and the diameter is equal to two radii, or the longest straight line, that can be drawn in a circle. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 minutes ; each minute into 60 seconds. An arc of a circle is the measure of an... | |
 | Surveying - 1814 - 402 pages
...DE. and it is a chord to both segments of the circle, as DFE and DGE. 12. A Circle is actually, or supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called Degrees, and each degree into 60 equal parts, called Minutes ; and these into seconds, &c. 13. An Angle is so many degrees, as lines... | |
 | John Gummere - Surveying - 1814 - 398 pages
...of a plane triangle, except the three angles, are given, the others are determined. 2. The periphery of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minnte into 60 equal parts, called seconds,... | |
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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. 
