| Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1814 - 558 pages
...circumference into t wo equal parts, called semicircles; and isdoublethe radius, as AB or DE. fig. 8. 16. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be...called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, and tiiese into thirds, fourths, &c. these parts being greater or less as the radius... | |
| Abner Alden - English language - 1814 - 222 pages
...earth ? A. By supposing the earth to be circumscribed by a .certain number of circles ; and each circle to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. Q. What is a great circle ? A. A great circle is one, whose plane is supposed to pas... | |
| Surveying - 1814 - 402 pages
...DE. and it is a chord to both segments of the circle, as DFE and DGE. 12. A Circle is actually, or supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called...each degree into 60 equal parts, called Minutes ; and these into seconds, &c. 13. An Angle is so many degrees, as lines drawn from the centre of a circle,... | |
| Euclides - 1814 - 560 pages
...of the angle ABC. II. The circumference of a circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal part* called degrees, and each degree into 60 equal parts...called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, &c. And as many degrees, minutes, seconds, &c. as are contained in any arch, of so... | |
| Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1814 - 696 pages
...and the diameter is equal to two radii, or the longest straight line, that can be drawn in a circle. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 minutes ; each minute into 60 seconds. An arc of a circle is the measure of an... | |
| Charles Butler - Mathematics - 1814 - 528 pages
...angle. It is usual to divide the whole circumference into 360 equal parts called degrees, to subdivide each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, &c. wherefore, if an angle at the centre be subtended by an arc which consists of suppose... | |
| John Gummere - Surveying - 1814 - 398 pages
...of a plane 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,... | |
| Euclides - 1816 - 588 pages
...called the measure of the angle ABC. II. The circumference of a circle is supposed to be divided fnto 360 equal parts called degrees, and each degree into...called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, &c. And as many degrees, minutes, seconds, &c. as are contained in any arc h, of so... | |
| Nathaniel Dwight - Geography - 1816 - 220 pages
...parts ; and small circles, which 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... | |
| John Bonnycastle - Astronomy - 1816 - 490 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 readily... | |
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