 | Euclid - 1781 - 552 pages
...tan.ngles HKB, ABC will \.E arc right ; therefore rill• 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, minutes, feconds, &c. as are contained in any arch, of fo many degref.s... | |
 | John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1791 - 578 pages
...Circles, whether great or fmall, are 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. A Semicircle is 180 Degrees, and a Quadrant contains 90 Degrees. A Right Angle contains 90 Degrees... | |
 | John McGregor (teacher of mathematics.) - Mathematics - 1792 - 532 pages
...trigonometry. The circumference of any circle, is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts, called féconds, and fo on. JVi/f, Degrees are frequently marked °, and minutes '. Thus, 30 degrees, 14 minutes,... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1795 - 384 pages
...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, Fourths, &c. thefe Parts being greater or lefs as the Radius is. 19. A Chord... | |
 | Thomas Simpson - Trigonometry - 1799 - 92 pages
...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 feconds, or fecond minutes, &c. ' B a 3- Any HK/ 3. Any part AB of the periphery of the circle is called... | |
 | William Taylor (teacher of the mathematics.) - Arithmetic - 1800 - 556 pages
...Radius. 8. The circumference of every circle is divided into 360 equal parts called Degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called Minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called Seconds, &c. Any part of the the circumference is called an Arch. 9. The Chord of an arch, is a right line joining... | |
 | William Butler - Astronomy - 1803 - 434 pages
...and then to obferve the different altitudes of the fame ftar at the two extremities of that diftance. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes ; and each minute into 60 feconds, Sec. Degrees are marked with a fmall cypher over them ("), minutes with one dam ( ), andfeeonds... | |
 | Abel Flint - Surveying - 1804 - 226 pages
...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 ; jktl these into Thirds, &c. Ifote. .-Since all Circles are divided into the same number of Degrees,... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1804 - 530 pages
...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, minutes, feconds, &c. as are contained in any arch, of fo many degrees,... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1806 - 546 pages
...circumference of a circle is supposed to be divided info 360 equal parts called degrees, and each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, i: >.. And as many degrees, minutes, seconds, &c. as are contained in any arch, of so many degrees,... | |
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Every circumference of a. circle, whether the circle be large or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. 
