 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1849 - 142 pages
...of a circle. Thus, AFB, BFC, and CFD, are sextants. 10. The circumference of every circle is divided into 360 equal parts, called Degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called Minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called Seconds. 11. Degrees, minutes, and seconds, are marked... | |
 | Rufus Putnam - Arithmetic - 1849 - 276 pages
...a semicircle ; as, the surface FHK. 45. 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. Hence, a semicircle contains 180 degrees, and... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Measurement - 1850 - 144 pages
...a circle. Thus, AFB, BFC, and CJRD, are sextants. 10. The circumference of every circle is divided into 360 equal parts, called Degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called Minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called Seconds. 11. Degrees, minutes, and seconds, are marked... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1850 - 238 pages
...The circumference of a circle is used for the measurement of angles. For this purpose it is 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 degrees, minutes, and seconds are marked thus... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1850 - 412 pages
...and so of others. DIVISION OF THE CIRCLE MEASURE OF TIME. 40. 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. For astronomical purposes, the circumference of... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1850 - 218 pages
...The circumference of a circle is used for the measurement of angles. For this purpose it is 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 degrees, minutes, and seconds are marked thus... | |
 | Francis Lieber - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1851 - 630 pages
...which the artificial globe turns, divided into 360 degrees. 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, &c. ; a degree is therefore only a relative idea, and not... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1852 - 430 pages
...by the two legs, having the angular point for its centre. 4. 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. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are marked at the... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1852 - 410 pages
...Circumference, and the Measure of Angles. § 304. The Circumference of every circle is conceived 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. Degrees, minutes, and seconds, are denoted thus... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1886 - 340 pages
...The circumference of a circle is used for the measurement of angles. For this purpose it is 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 degrees, minutes, and seconds are marked thus... | |
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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. 
