 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1813 - 444 pages
...constellation, and near trfB star a. 762. Each of the 12 signs of the zodiac is divided into 30 smaller parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 parts, called seconds. The division of the zodiac into signs, is of very ancient date, each sign having... | |
 | Friedrich Christian Accum - Crystallography - 1813 - 488 pages
...the circumference of a circle is the standard of comparison. This circle, of whatever size it may be, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree is again subdivided into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and every minute is subdivided into 60 seconds... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1814 - 698 pages
...equal to two radii, or the longest straight line, that can be drawn in a circle. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 minutes ; each minute into 60 seconds. An arc of a circle is the measure of an angle. Thus a right... | |
 | Charles Butler - Mathematics - 1814 - 528 pages
...angle. It is usual to divide the whole circumference into 360 equal parts called degrees, to subdivide each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and...each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, &c. wherefore, if an angle at the centre be subtended by an arc which consists of suppose 30 degrees, that... | |
 | Abner Alden - English language - 1814 - 224 pages
....certain number of circles ; and each circle 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. Q. What is a great circle ? A. A great circle is one, whose plane is supposed to pas through the centre... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1814 - 552 pages
...equal parts, called semicircles; and isdoublethe radius, as AB or DE. fig. 8. 16. 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,... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Mathematics - 1815 - 392 pages
...measuring the latter, a circle is introduced. The periphery of every circle, whether great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, each degree into 60 minutes, each mintite into 60 seconds? each second into 60 thirds, fkc. marked with the characters... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Logarithms - 1815 - 172 pages
...measuring the latter, a circle is introduced. The periphery of every circle, whether great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, each degree into 60 minutes, each minute into 60 second?. each second into 60 thirds, &c. marked with flie characters °,... | |
 | John Dougall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1815 - 514 pages
...-complement, or shortrv, the co-sine of the ar<j В S. The circumference of the globe of the earth being divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, each degree into 60 equal parts called nantîtes, each minute into OU equal part« called seconds, each second into (Hi equal parts called... | |
 | Nathaniel Dwight - Geography - 1816 - 220 pages
...circles, which divide it into unequal parts. Q. What are the degrees of a circle ? A. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360...equal parts called minutes ; and each minute into 60 seconds. Q. What is a meridian ? A. It is a great circle cutting the equator at right angle's', and... | |
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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. 
