 | John Gummere - Surveying - 1814 - 398 pages
...triangle, except the 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... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Logarithms - 1815 - 172 pages
...former treats of triangles bounded by right lines; the latter, of triangles bounded by arcs of circles. Divisions of the Circle. 73. In a triangle there are...degrees, each degree into 60 minutes, each minute into 60 second?. each second into 60 thirds, &c. marked with flie characters °, ', ", "', Sic. Thus 32° 24'... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Measurement - 1815 - 388 pages
...former treats of triangles bounded by right lines; the latter, of triangles bounded by arcs of circles. Divisions of the Circle. 73. In a triangle there are...called degrees, each degree into 60 minutes, each mintite into 60 seconds? each second into 60 thirds, fkc. marked with the characters •, ', ", "',... | |
 | James Smith - Industrial arts - 1815 - 684 pages
...side of the ecliptic all round the heavens. It is divided into 12 equal parts, called signs; and as every circle, whether great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 degrees, each sign of the zodiac contains 30 degrees. Each sign of the zodiac is distinguished by a... | |
 | Nathaniel Dwight - Geography - 1816 - 220 pages
...divide it into unequal 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 degree into 60 equal parts called minutes ; and each minute into 60 seconds. Q. What is a meridian ? A. It is a great... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1817 - 306 pages
...angle » BE, and the arc G n is the measure of the angle ABC. 14. 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. The angles are measured... | |
 | William Hawney - Geometry - 1820 - 336 pages
...the angle DBE 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... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1821 - 648 pages
...purpose of 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... | |
 | Edward Bruce (bookseller.) - 1821 - 418 pages
...passing through the centre. / 1. A less circle divides a globe into two unequal parts. Every circle, great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; and every degree is subdivided into 60 minutes. Degrees are marked °, and minutes'. Thus,—4 deg.... | |
 | Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...through the 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...degree into 60 minutes ; each minute into 60 seconds. An arc of a circle is part of its circumference. All angles are measured by arcs of circles, or by... | |
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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. 
