 | Olinthus Gregory - Plane trigonometry - 1816 - 244 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.... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Astronomy - 1816 - 428 pages
...and the equator, we are enabled to judge of the situation of the place with respect to its latitude. Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and every degree into sixty equal parts, called minutes; so that, from these considerations, you will... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1817
...measure of the 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...and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. The angles are measured by the number of degrees cut off from the circle, by the lines which form the... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1818 - 478 pages
...right lines, in, and about circles, be supposed to be divided into some assigned number of equal parts. 2. The periphery 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, called... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1818
...the angle contained by the lines BA and 3D is called the angle BAC BAD or DAB. 67. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called Degrees : and each degree into 60 Minutes, each minute into 60 Seconds, and so on. Hence a semicircle contains... | |
 | Abel Flint - Geometry - 1818 - 168 pages
...divides the Circle into two equal parts, called Semicircles ; as AB or DE. Fig 5. 14. 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, called... | |
 | Miles Bland - Euclid's Elements - 1819 - 377 pages
...Till lately, Geometers almost unanimously agreed to divide the circumference of the circle into 36o equal parts called Degrees ; each degree into 60 equal...each minute into 60 equal parts called Seconds, &c. This method appeared to the Greek Geometers to afford some facilities for calculations, in consequence... | |
 | Miles Bland - Euclid's Elements - 1819 - 377 pages
...Till lately, Geometers almost unanimously agreed to divide the circumference of the circle into 36o equal parts called Degrees ; each degree into 60 equal...each minute into 60 equal parts called Seconds, &c. This method appeared to the Greek Geometers to afford some facilities for calculations, in consequence... | |
 | William Hawney - Geometry - 1820 - 312 pages
...the measure of 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...and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. Angles are measured by the number of degrees cut oft'from the circle, by the lines which form the angles.... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1821 - 227 pages
...For the purpose of exhibiting arithmetically the magnitude of angles, the whole circumference of the circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts,...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,... | |
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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. 
