 | Miles Bland - Euclid's Elements - 1819 - 442 pages
...Till lately, Geometers almost unanimously agreed to divide the circumference of the circle into 36o equal parts called Degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts called Minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts called Seconds, &c. This method appeared to the Greek Geometers... | |
 | Miles Bland - Euclid's Elements - 1819 - 444 pages
...Till lately, Geometers almost unanimously agreed to divide the circumference of the circle into 36o equal parts called Degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts called Minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts called Seconds, &c. This method appeared to the Greek Geometers... | |
 | William Hawney - Geometry - 1820 - 336 pages
...aud the arch GH is the measure of the angle ABC. 1*. 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. Angles are measured by the number of degrees... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1821 - 648 pages
...exhibiting arithmetically the magnitude of angles, the whole circumference of the circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees;...parts, called minutes; each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds; &c. &c. And since arcs are the measures of angles, every angle may be said to be an... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - Atlases - 1822 - 354 pages
...are four, the two tropics, and (he two polar circles. 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 00 equal parts, called seconds. They are marked thus, 23° 28' 16" ; i- e. 33... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit, W. Little - Measurement - 1822 - 916 pages
...part of a circle bounded by an arc sad two radii. 47. 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, &c. 48. The arc of a quadrant contains 90 degrees,... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 308 pages
...AB is the measure of the angle contained by the lines CA and CH. 2. If the circumference of a circle 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 ; and so on ; then, as many degrees, minutes, and... | |
 | Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...centre from one side of the circumference to the other. 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 part of its circumference. All angles... | |
 | Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...centre from one side of the circumference to the other. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 minutes ; each minute into GO seconds. An arc of a circle is part of its circumference. All angles... | |
 | Rev. John Allen - Astronomy - 1822 - 508 pages
...called acute.* * Mathematicians have supposed the whole circumference of a circle to be divided in 360 equal parts, called degrees, each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds, Stc. and a circle being described from the vertex... | |
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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. 
