 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1828 - 346 pages
...calculations, the circumference of the circle is conceived 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 semicircumference, or the measure of two right angles, contains 180 degrees; the quarter... | |
 | John Playfair - Geometry - 1829 - 210 pages
...measure of the angle BGC. Mathematicians suppose the circumference of every circle to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and each degree into...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... | |
 | Abel Flint - Surveying - 1830 - 322 pages
...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...minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, &c . NOTE. Since all circles are divided into the same number of degrees,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Surveying - 1830 - 318 pages
...calculations, the circumference of the 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. 26. As the circumference of a circle may be regarded as a proper measure of angles, having... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1831 - 312 pages
...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Abel Flint - Geometry - 1835 - 368 pages
...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...minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, &c. NOTE. Since all circles are divided into the same number of degrees,... | |
 | Euclid - 1835 - 540 pages
...called the measure of the angle ABC. II. The circumference of a circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, and each degree into...minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, &c. A degree is marked thus, ° ; a minute thus, ' ; a second thus,"; and so on: for example,... | |
 | Mary Somerville - Astronomy - 1835 - 532 pages
...the ellipse. NOTE 49. p. 12. Ninety degrees. A circle is divided into 3fiO equal parts, or degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. It is usual to write these quantities thus, 15° 16' 10'', which means fifteen degrees, sixteen... | |
 | Abel Flint - Geometry - 1835 - 366 pages
....emicircles ; as AB or DE. Fig. 5. 14. The , jmference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minute*; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds; and these into thirds, &c. NOTE. Since... | |
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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 seconds ; and these into thirds, &c. 
