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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. "
A Treatise on Surveying: Containing the Theory and Practice: to which is ... - Page 21
by John Gummere - 1828 - 216 pages
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Elements of Geometry: Being Chiefly a Selection from Playfair's Geometry

John Playfair - Geometry - 1829 - 210 pages
...Mathematicians suppose the circumference of every circle to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into £0 equal parts, called seconds, &c. Hence a right angle, being measured by a quadrant contains 90...
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Elements of Surveying

Charles Davies - Surveying - 1830 - 384 pages
...angles that are given. 25. For the purposes of trigonometrical calculations, the circumference of the circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts,...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...
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Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry: With Notes

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...and 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...
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First lessons in Plane Geometry. Together with an application of them to the ...

Francis Joseph Grund - Geometry, Plane - 1830 - 274 pages
...arcs of circles, described with any radius between their legs. The circumference is for this purpose divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes; each minute again into 60 equal parts, called seconds, &c. 16. The magnitude of an angle does not depend...
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A Dictionary of General Knowledge: Or, An Explanation of Words and Things ...

George Crabb - Industrial arts - 1830 - 438 pages
...circumference; the segment of a circle is a part cut off by a liue called the chord. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, every degree into 60 parts called minutes, and every minute into 60 parts called seconds. Solids are...
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A Concise System of Mathematics ...

Alexander Ingram - Mathematics - 1830 - 458 pages
...is called a Quadrant; and if half a right angle, it is called an Octant. NOTE 2. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and a degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and a minute into 60 seconds, and so on. NOTE 3....
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A System of Geometry and Trigonometry: With a Treatise on Surveying ... in ...

Abel Flint - Surveying - 1830 - 316 pages
...divides the circle into two equal parts, called semicircles ; as AB or DE. Fig. 5. 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 into 60 equal parts, called...
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The Eclectic School Geometry

Evan Wilhelm Evans - Geometry - 1884 - 242 pages
...arc may be taken as the measure of its subtended angle. To this end the circumference is conceived to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, each degree into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. Then, whatever number of degrees, etc., an arc contains,...
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Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry from the Works of A.M. Legendre ...

Charles Davies, Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1885 - 538 pages
...angle. For convenience, the quadrant is divided into 90 equal parts, each of which is called a degree ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ;...and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds, are denoted by the symbols °, ', ". Thus, the expression 7° 22' 33",...
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Harper's School Geography

Geography - 1885 - 150 pages
...Every circle is divided into 360 equal parts called degrees ; each degree is divided И" m' ... into GO equal parts called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. The smaller the circle, the short- 18g er are the degrees. Degrees DECREES OF THE CIRCLE. are marked...
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