| Philip Ronayne - Algebra - 1717 - 478 pages
...PARTI. .•;.-. . ... Of TRIGONOMETRf. f * r*" . У ;: "> •" ^ Definitions. ï; Д Circle is fuppofed to be ^* divided into 360 equal Parts, called Degrees, and each Degree into 60 equab Pans>calledMinutes,?md each Minute into 60 eqpal Parts1 called Seconds , ÖV. Any Partien -of... | |
| E. S., Edmund Stone - Compasses (Mathematical instruments) - 1721 - 60 pages
...greateft Semitangent, or that of 1 80 Degrees, is infinite. The Circumference of every Circle is fuppofed to be divided into 360 equal Parts, called Degrees ; and each Degree in 60 equal Parts, called Minutes, &c. This Number was chofen by Geometricians for the Diviiion of... | |
| Archibald Patoun - Navigation - 1734 - 568 pages
...into two equal Parts, and is double the Radius. 1 6. The Circumference of every Circle is fuppofed to be divided into 360 equal Parts, called Degrees ; and each Degree is divided into 60 equal Parts, called Minutes ; and each Minute into 60 e?ual Parts, called Seconds;... | |
| Edmund Stone - Mathematical instruments - 1746 - 62 pages
...greatefi Semitangent, or that of 180 Degrees, is infinite. The Circumference of every Circle is fuppofed to be divided into 360 equal Parts, called Degrees ; and. each Degree into 60 equal Parts, called Minutes, &V. This Number was chofen by Geometricians for the Divifion of a Circle^... | |
| Thomas Simpson - Logarithms - 1748 - 84 pages
...fuppofed divided into fome afligned Number of equal Parts. 2. The Periphery of every Circle is fuppofed 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 Seconds, or fecond Minutes,... | |
| John Ward - Mathematics - 1771 - 510 pages
...RN: SN::RA: Г A. And RN : RS : : RA : RT= the Secant of that Arch. DEF INITIONS. Circle is fuppofed 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 Seconds, &c. Any Portion... | |
| Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1795 - 384 pages
...; and is double the Radius, as AB cr DE. Fig. 8. 1 8. The Circumference of every Circle is fuppofed 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 Seconds, and thefe into Thirds,... | |
| Thomas Simpson - Algebra - 1800 - 448 pages
...fuppofed divided into fome affigned number of equal parts. 2. The periphery of every circle is fuppofed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 cgual parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts, called feconds, or fccond minutes,... | |
| Abel Flint - Surveying - 1804 - 226 pages
...the Centre ; and it divides the Circle into two equal parts, called Semicircles ; as AB or DE. 14. The. Circumference of every Circle is supposed to...equal parts, called Degrees ; and each Degree into 60 equal parts, called Minutes ; and each Minute into 60 equal parts, called Seconds ; jktl these into... | |
| Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1804 - 530 pages
...; the arch AC is called the meafure of the angle ABC. II. The circumference of a circle is fuppofed 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 feconds, &c. And as many degrees,... | |
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