 | Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 764 pages
...small, are supposed to have th cumference divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and each deçr 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts. seconds, and so on into thirds, fourths,* be. and an arch is said to bi many degrees as it contains... | |
 | Miles Bland - Euclid's Elements - 1827 - 462 pages
...angle (7.) Till lately. Geometers almost unanimously agreed to divide the circumference of the circle into 360 equal parts called Degrees ; each degree...and each minute into 60 equal parts called Seconds, &c. This method appeared to the Greek Geometers to afford some facilities for calculations, in consequence... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1827 - 546 pages
...II. The circumference of a 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, &c. And as many degrees, minutes, seconds, &c. as are contained in any arch, of so many degrees, minutes,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1827 - 1012 pages
...circle be divided into 360 equal parts, each of them is called a degree. Each degree is subdivided into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called * Geography is a description of the earth ; and is distinguished by different names, according to tha... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1828 - 346 pages
...For the purposes of trigonometrical calculations, the circumference of the circle is conceived to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each...each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. The semicircumference, or the measure of two right angles, contains 180 degrees; the quarter of the circumference,... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Education - 1828 - 426 pages
...the circle inUlour equal parts called quadrants. The circumference of every circle, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; each...and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds; and these into thirds, &c. Now, as all circles are not of the same magnitude, and as they are all divided... | |
 | Charles Davies - Surveying - 1830 - 318 pages
...For the purposes of trigonometrical calculations, the circumference of the circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each...and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. 26. As the circumference of a circle may be regarded as a proper measure of angles, having their vertices... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1830 - 344 pages
...of trigonometrical calculations, the circumference of the circle is conceived to be divided into 36O equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60...each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. The semicircumference, or the measure of two right angles, contains 1 80 degrees ; the quarter of the circumference,... | |
 | Joseph Allen - America - 1832 - 128 pages
...360 equal parts, called degrees, and each degree contains about 09 A miles. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. Questions for Review. How many degrees are there in the circumference of the earth ? How many miles... | |
 | Mary Somerville - Astronomy - 1835 - 532 pages
...axis of the ellipse. NOTE 49. p. 12. Ninety degrees. A circle is divided into 3fiO equal parts, or degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes...and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. It is usual to write these quantities thus, 15° 16' 10'', which means fifteen degrees, sixteen minutes,... | |
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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 ° ' " ; and 9° 18' 16", are read,... 
