 | Rev. John Allen - Astronomy - 1822 - 516 pages
...tailed acute.* * Mathematicians have supposed the whole circumference of a circle to be divided in 360 equal parts, called degrees, each degree into...called minutes and each minute into 60 equal parts, cal:ed seconds, &c. and a circle being described iron) the vertex of an angle, as a centre, an angle... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - Atlases - 1822 - 354 pages
...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...equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 00 equal parts, called seconds. They are marked thus, 23° 28' 16" ; i- e. 33 degrees, 28 minute!",... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Navigation - 1826 - 504 pages
...the arc DE is the measure of the angle ABC. (H) The circumference of 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. The angles are measured by the number of degrees cut... | |
 | Thomas Kerigan - Nautical astronomy - 1828 - 776 pages
...hemisphere, and the other, the southern hemisphere. — The equator, like all other great circles, is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes } each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds, and so on. The Meridian, of any place on the earth... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1829 - 256 pages
...called legs. PRACTICAL GEOMETRY. 21 D / -E B *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 so on. 48. The measure of any right-lined angle is an arc of a circle contained between the two lines... | |
 | James Hale - Surveying - 1829 - 124 pages
...Supplement of the Arch FA. Fig. 10. 28. The Circumference of every Circle is supposed to be divided into 300 equal parts, called Degrees ; each Degree into 60 equal parts, called Minutes ; and these into Thirds, &,c. 29. The measure of an Angle is the Arch of a Circle contained between two Lines... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1831 - 312 pages
...Constellation, and near the star a. Each of the 12 signs of the zodiac is divided into 30 smaller partSj 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... | |
 | Ira Wanzer - Arithmetic - 1831 - 408 pages
...used by Astronomers, Navigators, &c. Note 2. — The circumference of 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 seconds, and each second into 60 thirds, &c. 16. Of Particulars. 12 Particular... | |
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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. 
