 | James M'Intire - Globes - 1826 - 234 pages
...which the sun describes by his annual progress in the heavens. The ecliptic cuts the equator in an •The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal jjarts, called degrees; each degree into sixty equal parts, called minutes; each minute into... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Navigation - 1826 - 504 pages
...thus the arc ac is the measure of the angle авс 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... | |
 | James Ryan - Arithmetic - 1827 - 290 pages
...are there between the 17th of March and the 25th of December ? Ans. 283. Division of the Circle. 47. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees — each degree is subdivided into 60 equal parts called minutes — each... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Education - 1828 - 426 pages
...7. The right lines, A, C, I,, and B, C, E, divide the circle inUlour equal parts called quadrants. 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... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1828 - 314 pages
...greater part are poor and destitute. • ANGLE, a corner, formed usually by the meeting of two lines. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees. A semi-circle, of course, contains li!0 degress, and a quadrant, or quarter... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1829 - 256 pages
...called the hypothenuse; and the other two sides are called legs. PRACTICAL GEOMETRY. 21 D / -E 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... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 814 pages
...and the oilier two sides are called the LEGS, or sometimes the base and perpendicular. Fig. 10. 40. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called DEGREES, and each degree into sixty MIMUTES, each minute into sixty SECOND, and... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, etc. 
