 | Benjamin Donne - Geometry, Plane - 1775 - 336 pages
...Semicircle, or 2 Rt. ¿.s, and 90 Degrees a Quadrant, or Rt L. j) each Degree is fuppofed to be divided into 60 equal Parts, called Minutes, and each Minute into 60 equal Parts, called Seconds, &c. Hence it is plain, that in une' qual Circles, as well as in equal, equal Angles are fubtended by an... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1775 - 534 pages
...circumference of a circle is fuppofed to be divided into H h ' 360 360 equal parts called degrees, and each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 6e equal parts called feconds, &c. And as many degrees, minutes, feconds, &c as are contained in any... | |
 | Euclid - 1781 - 552 pages
...between the tan.ngles HKB, ABC will \.E arc right ; therefore rill• 360 equal parts called degrees, and each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called feconds, &c- And as many degrees, minutes, feconds, &c. as are contained in any arch, of fo many degref.s... | |
 | John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1791 - 558 pages
...Circle. All Circles, whether great or fmall, are divided into 360 equal Parts, called Degrees ; and each Degree into 60 equal Parts, called Minutes ;...each Minute into 60 equal Parts called Seconds, &c. A Semicircle is 180 Degrees, and a Quadrant contains 90 Degrees. A Right Angle contains 90 Degrees... | |
 | John McGregor (teacher of mathematics.) - Mathematics - 1792 - 558 pages
...trigonometry. The circumference of any circle, is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts, called féconds, and fo on. JVi/f, Degrees are frequently marked °, and minutes '. Thus, 30 degrees, 14 minutes,... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1795 - 386 pages
...The Circumference of every Circle is fuppofed 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 thefe into Thirds, Fourths, &c. thefe Parts being greater or lefs as the Radius is. 19. A Chord... | |
 | Benjamin Donne - 1796 - 120 pages
...calculating the proportion which angles bear to each other, fuppofe the circumference of every circle to be divided into 360 equal parts, called Degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; each minute into 60 equal parts named feconds, &c. Ar. B. Sometimes the circumference of a circle... | |
 | Thomas Simpson - Trigonometry - 1799 - 92 pages
...The periphery of every circle is fuppofed 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 feconds, or fecond minutes, &c. ' B a 3- Any HK/ 3. Any part AB of the periphery of the circle is called... | |
 | William Taylor (teacher of the mathematics.) - Arithmetic - 1800 - 558 pages
...a' femi-eircle • half the diameter is called the Radius. 8. The circumference of every circle is divided into 360 equal parts called Degrees ; each...each minute into 60 equal parts, called Seconds, &c. Any part of the the circumference is called an Arch. 9. The Chord of an arch, is a right line joining... | |
 | Mathematics - 1801 - 444 pages
...that, which stands at the angular point, is rend in the middle. C 56. The 39° 5 6. 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 do seconds, and so on. Hence a semicircle contains... | |
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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. 
