| John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1829 - 256 pages
...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... | |
| 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... | |
| Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1830 - 344 pages
...purposes of trigonometrical calculations, the circumference of the circle is conceived to be divided into 36O equal parts, called degrees ; each degree...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... | |
| Charles Davies - Surveying - 1830 - 318 pages
...of trigonometrical calculations, the circumference of the circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60...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... | |
| Francis Joseph Grund - Geometry, Plane - 1830 - 274 pages
...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
...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... | |
| John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1832 - 308 pages
...another constellation, and near the star a. 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... | |
| Joseph Allen - America - 1832 - 128 pages
...360 equal parts, called degrees, and each degree contains about 09 A miles. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. Questions for Review. How many degrees are there in the circumference of the earth ? How many miles... | |
| Olinthus Gregory - Mathematics - 1834 - 484 pages
...next figure.) 3. 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.... | |
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