 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1811 - 580 pages
...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 caled seconds, and these into thirds, fourths, &c. these parts being greater or less as the radius... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Astronomy - 1811 - 388 pages
...year 1804, was 13° 14' 43" and its declination 80° "15' 44" north. $ Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes ; each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, &c. ; a degree is, therefore, only a relative idea,... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 462 pages
...contained between the two legs, having the angular point for its centre. Ev.ery circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parti, called minutes $ each minute into' 60 equal parts, called seconds. " An angle is said to be... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1813 - 448 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... | |
 | John Gummere - Surveying - 1814 - 398 pages
...three angles, are given, the others are determined. 2. The periphery of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each...degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minnte into 60 equal parts, called seconds, &c. 3. The measure of an angle is the arc of a circle,... | |
 | 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 nantītes, each minute into OU equal part« called seconds, each second into (Hi equal parts called... | |
 | Nathaniel Dwight - Geography - 1816 - 220 pages
...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 degrees ; each...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... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - Plane trigonometry - 1816 - 278 pages
...of the angle ACB. 10. The circumference of a circle is supposed to be divided, or to be divisible, into 360 equal parts, called degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; each of these into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and so on, to the minutest possible subdivisions.... | |
 | 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; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes; each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds; &c. &c. And since arcs are the measures of angles,... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1821 - 594 pages
...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 00 equal parts called seconds, and- these into thirds, fourths, &c. these parts being greater or less... | |
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For the purpose of measuring angles, the circumference is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes; each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. 
