 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1853 - 318 pages
...that touches a circle without cutting it. A Cotangent is the tangent of the' complement of the arc. The Circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called Degrees ; each degree into 60 Minutes, and each minute into 60 Seconds, and BO on.... | |
 | Lucius D. Gould - Carpentry - 1853 - 234 pages
...the middle; thus, the angle contained by the line AC and EC, is called the angle ACE, or EGA. Fig. 9. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, • called degrees, each degree into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds, etc.... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - 1854 - 154 pages
...is any part of the circumference. A tangent is a line which touches the circumference in one point. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 degrees, each degree into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. A semicircle is one half of a circle,... | |
 | J. R. Young - 1854 - 228 pages
...„ 1 gallon. 2 gallons „ 1 peck. 4 pecks „ 1 bushel. DIVISION OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF A CIRCLE. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; these, of course, are longer or shorter, according as the circle is greater... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Trigonometry - 1855 - 192 pages
...Trigonometry treats of plane triangles; Spherical Trigonometry treats of spherical triangles. (19.) The circumference of every circle is supposed to' be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. Degrees,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1856 - 450 pages
...latitude and longitude, in measuring the motions of the heavenly bodies, and also in measuring angles. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees. Each degree is divided into CO minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds.... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1857 - 342 pages
...passing through the centre ; and it divides the circle into two equal parts called semicircles. 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... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1857 - 328 pages
...Sassing through the centre ; and it ivicles the circle into two equal parts called semicircles. 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... | |
 | Lucius D. Gould - 1857 - 464 pages
...middle; thus, the angle contained by the line A c and E o, is called the angle A CE, or EC A. Fig. 9. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, I Plate 8. PLATE IX. Is a plastered groin arch designed for an oblong ceiling, and its... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Measurement - 1858 - 350 pages
...that touches a circle without cutting it. A Cotangent is the tangent of the complement of the arc. The Circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called Degrees ; each degree into 60 Minutes, and each minute into 60 Seconds, and so... | |
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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. 
